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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 560: In page 174, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(VI) any language plans agreed in accordance with the Gaeltacht Act 2012 relevant to a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area, Gaeltacht Service Town or Irish Language Network which applies to the settlement or the part of a settlement concerned,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 563: In page 175, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(h) any language plans agreed in accordance with the Gaeltacht Act 2012 relevant to a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area, Gaeltacht Service Town or Irish Language Network which applies to the settlement or the part of a settlement concerned,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 566: In page 176, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(vi) any language plans agreed in accordance with the Gaeltacht Act 2012 relevant to a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area, Gaeltacht Service Town or Irish Language Network which applies to the settlement or the part of a settlement concerned,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Section 75(4) states: Where the Office of the Planning Regulator, as part of an assessment under subsection (1) or (2), forms a preliminary view that the urban area plan, priority area plan or coordinated area plan concerned or any part or provision thereof should be suspended because it may be materially inconsistent with one or more of the items referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (v) of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a couple of observations. Part of the problem is that it is based on a preliminary view that something may be inconsistent, and not that it is inconsistent. The regulator could, on further reflection, take a different view and lift the suspension. It seems too easy a trigger for suspension. Should there not at least be some check or threshold that would have to be met? Second, the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: If subsection (4) were to state "on conclusion of the assessment as set out in subsection (3)", that would be one thing. However, the regulator does not have to wait until he or she has concluded an assessment and has considered all those-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: My point is different. Section 75(4) contains the phrase "Where the Office of the Planning Regulator, as part of an assessment". That is not on the conclusion of or after the assessment. Where the planning regulator and its hardworking staff are going through their assessment of the plan as per subsection (3), subsection (4) can kick in at any stage. At an early stage of the assessment,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does the Minister of State mean section 75(1) or section 75(2)?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: That still does not address the point. Subsection (4) includes a significant power. The Government is proposing to allow the regulator, at any stage while it is carrying out its assessment of a plan - the beginning, middle or end - to have the power to temporarily suspend a plan or any element of it. My one concern is that there seems to be no real check. It would be different if it were...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sure, but subsection (4) can be used before any item under section 75(3)(a) to 75(3)(f) are concluded. Am I not correct in that?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am asking the Minister of State to clarify that the assessment does not have to be concluded. Not all of the considerations under section 75(3)(a) to 75(3)(f) must be concluded. We are talking about a really early intervention mechanism. Is that not what it is?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: That clarifies the point.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a general query about section 75(12), which states: Where the Minister decides under subsection (11) that a draft direction should be issued under section 76, he or she shall— (a) identify in the stated reasons provided under paragraph (b) which of the criteria in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (8) the Minister considers to be met, and (b) direct the Office of the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I just want to ensure I have the process right. The OPR does its review or assessment but has to get permission from the Minister for the draft direction.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will the Minister of State explain that?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The OPR makes a recommendation to the Minister for the issuance of a draft direction.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Let me get this process right. The OPR makes a recommendation to the Minister that a draft direction under section 76 is issued. The Minister permits the issuance of a draft direction. That direction is then considered by the Minister before a decision is taken by him or her whether to give effect to that and make it a direction.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 569: In page 179, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(vii) the board members of Údarás na Gaeltachta, Foras na Gaeilge, the Minister responsible for the Gaeltacht, Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga, and any relevant Language Planning Officer.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Section 76(4)(a) states: "A planning authority or the Commission shall not determine any application for permission which would be materially affected by a provision suspended in accordance with subsection (3)". We will be in the period of statutory timeframes for planning decisions. Where there is a planning application and a portion of a plan is suspended, that could lead to a delay in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: If the planning application has been submitted, the impact of this is that they cannot make a decision.