Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move:

That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2022, that:

(a) Standing Order 233(2) is modified to provide that the Committee has the power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the existing subject matter of the Bill, in relation to:

(i) the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2020 to enable the Commissioner of Valuation to defer the roll out of the national revaluation programme; and

(ii) the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021, which amendments are technical in nature and include: amendments to Maritime Area Consent provisions; amendments of provisions for the early appointment of the Chief Executive Officer designate by the Minister ahead of the establishment of the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA); and amendments strengthening the enforcement provisions in the maritime area that will be available to MARA;

(b) Pursuant to Standing Order 187, the Committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill in relation to:

(i) short term letting provisions in the Planning and Development Act 2000;

(ii) provisions concerning Ministerial directions regarding statutory plans and related provisions in the Planning and Development Act 2000;

(iii) provisions relating to flexibility in planning applications in the Planning and Development Act 2000; and

(iv) judicial review provisions in the Planning and Development Act 2000;

and to change the title of the Bill, and for consequential amendment of the long title to reflect the content of the Bill, and make other consequential amendments required to take account of the changes above.

The purpose of this motion is to instruct the Dáil, in committee, that Standing Order 233(2) is modified to provide that the committee has the power to make amendments to the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022, which are outside the existing subject matter of the Bill and that pursuant to Standing Order 187, the committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill. This is required so that I can introduce Government amendments to the Bill on Committee Stage in the Dáil later this evening.

With reference to Standing Order 233(2), the amendments in question comprise amendments to the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2020 and amendments to provisions in the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021. With reference to Standing Order 187, the amendments in question to the Planning and Development Act 2000 relate to short-term letting provisions, provisions concerning ministerial directions on statutory plans, provisions relating to flexibility in planning applications and judicial review provisions.

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