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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Amendment No. 83 proposes that the review of the recently made NMPF be undertaken within one year of its first publication. This timeframe is simply too short to accommodate the envisaged participation under this Chapter. I fully appreciate it was not the intention of Deputes to exclude or diminish the public's role in the development of the next maritime spatial plan, MSP, but that would...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: In my earlier remarks, I have been clear on that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: There is already provision in the planning part of the Bill whereby they can be incorporated if they are produced. I will come back to the Deputy with the reference.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: It is a plan. Six years, I am told, is standard. However, I indicated clearly, in terms of my engagement with the committee, that we are looking at doing it earlier than the six-year period. I was very clear on that. In terms of the policy pieces that have to come together through this Bill and others that have been referenced, a year is way too short a term to judge it from its...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I will try anyway. Amendment No. 84 is a technical amendment to enable amendment No. 85, as Deputy Cian O'Callaghan said. Amendment No. 85 sets out new provisions for review requirements of the first NMPF. They contain many of the same issues as earlier amendments, including limitations on ministerial consultations, while also providing for particular pillars of sustainable development and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The national marine planning framework prepared under Part 5 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 is Ireland's first maritime marine spatial plan. The plan sets out in detail the high-level spatial planning policies that will help support sustainable development of Ireland's maritime resource. It also sets out a series of detailed requirements for plan makers and project...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I can continue about DMAPs, as the Deputy referred to geographical areas. DMAPs will be prepared as a series of sub-national plans and will be made collectively with the MSP to form part of the national marine planning framework.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I already said it kicks in.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Yes, absolutely.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: There has to be a correction there in section 19: "MSP" should be "DMAPS" on page 30.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Absolutely, and we work with Opposition Members. Amendment No. 96 proposes to delete section 19(1) from the Bill. That subsection disapplies the Oireachtas approval procedure in respect of a specific subset of DMAPS set out in Chapter 4. I believe that the Members may misunderstand the intention and function of this provision and may wish to withdraw the amendment following further...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Absolutely.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 98: In page 31, line 16, after “(5)” to insert “and (7)”. I am just changing my folders.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I am sure Deputies can get them if they head up to the stationery room. Amendments Nos. 98, 104, 109 and 111 collectively provide that the competent authority "M" may also make DMAPs. This was the original intention but the text as initiated was inoperable in this regard. These amendments make the necessary disapplications and adjustments to procedures. Amendment No. 98 is a technical...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: For a body to be designated to bring forward a DMAP, it could be a Minister with responsibility for energy regulation, the NPWS if it relates to an ecological cycle or an area in which it has expertise, or the EPA. That is a snapshot of what type of body it may be. I see the DMAP as a sub-national plan. It is like the terrestrial planning system for a county. There is the county...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: On the application by a local authority for the nearshore or foreshore area, technically it could be both. With regard to different plans coming forward, we want to challenge agencies in the spirit of coexistence in our maritime area. It will be up to the relevant Minister to adjudicate on whether to permit the DMAP to go forward. Outside of the local authority system, a DMAP has to be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: By the Oireachtas. Essentially, the Minister, as the competent authority, would adjudicate on the request where other agencies come forward. It is good to challenge agencies in terms of their competence in that spirit of coexistence in our maritime area. I think I have answered all of the questions.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Once the Bill is enacted, the process of accepting proposals can start in theory.