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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 172: In page 72, line 18, to delete “or by affidavit” and substitute “by affidavit or otherwise”. The amendment allows MARA to consider other information or materials apart from an affidavit in determining whether MARA should accept the surrender of a MAC. This is a minor practical amendment to facilitate administration of surrender...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 173: In page 72, line 32, to delete "interest" and substitute "interests".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 174: In page 73, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: "(6) The MARA shall, as soon as is practicable after it refuses to consent to the surrender of a MAC, publish on its website a copy of the notice concerned referred to in subsection (1)(b).".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I hear the nature of what the Deputy is saying. This is with regard to the Minister or the local authority deeming them fit and proper. This provision does not deal with the commercial sector.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Absolutely.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 175: In page 74, to delete lines 21 to 23 and substitute the following: "for the occupation of the part of the maritime area the subject of the MAC for the purposes of the undertaking of the maritime usage the subject of the MAC (including any potential such usage where, for whatever reason, the usage is yet to be undertaken).". Amendment No. 175 is a technical...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 176: In page 75, line 28, to delete "the property of the State that is". The purpose of amendment No. 176 is to delete redundant wording from section 88. MACs can only be granted for property in the ownership of the State. This does not impact on the operation of the section.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 177: In page 76, lines 9 and 10, to delete "relating to the same part of the maritime area" and substitute "(whether or not relating to the same part of the maritime area)".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The levy framework will set out the standard charges that will apply to MACs to ensure appropriate financial returns to the State. These will be published, and the published framework at the time of the MAC decision will be applied to any application in question. This will replace the administratively unwieldy expensive and time-consuming individual property valuations required for...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The board will decide this, through consultation or the committees it will set up, with regard to how to frame it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: There is no doubt about this. We could not do it otherwise.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I concur.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: When the MAC is granted the conditions are clearly set out. When it is surrendered there is another application process.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The conditions are set out in the environmental impact statement as part of the planning. Those are the baseline conditions that must be adhered to.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: It is a question that is more about planning than a MAC.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Part 5 refers to licences and the separate methodologies in this regard.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Yes, but depending on the licensed activity. Potentially, however, it would.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: There are different types of activities and tests. Could we respond to the Deputy in writing on this question? I would be more comfortable with that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: It is not possible.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: It is not permissible to undertake building on foot of a MAC. The Deputy is suggesting that a whole heap of infrastructure can be put up. It cannot. It must be licensed through the licensing regime as I outlined. It is not a part of a MAC process. A MAC grants a right to occupy the area, and then it is possible to subsequently move on to planning.