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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Ó Broin, did you indicate on this?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Go ahead. Then I will call Deputy O'Callaghan.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Does Deputy O'Callaghan wish to speak on these amendments?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Will the Minister comment on amendment No. 1106?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 1106 proposes to insert "The Chief Planning Commissioner may assign to suitably qualified Commission Inspectors, decision making powers, in relation to minor appeals".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: It was put in the context, for the Minister's consideration, whether, for minor appeals, it is necessary to have a core of three board members for good governance and oversight checking.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: It was just a provision to clear some of the work. If there were some minor extensions to houses, for example, does it need three board members?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister. There are no more comments there. We will go back to the grouping of amendments. Amendment No. 1087 is not a hill I am prepared to die on but as somebody who has grown up and always had that respect for An Bord Pleanála as an independent arbiter, notwithstanding previous events that came to light, this was why my amendment proposed to keep the name "An Bord...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 1091 has been ruled out of order.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 1104 and 1105 have been ruled out of order.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 1137 has been ruled out of order.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I want to move on to the amendments now but it was important to set out the-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Does the Deputy want to put that follow-up-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I will try to synopsise. There have been several requests from members on the data, reports and analysis that inform this. Notwithstanding, I note the AG’s advice cannot be published. If there are data, reports and analysis that can be published, I ask that they be made available to the members of the committee. On Deputy Ó Broin’s point, I think we all agree that a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Let us start with amendment No. 954 please. The Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, will leave us now. I thank him for his attendance this morning. I welcome Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, to committee for the rest of the session. We thank him for his attendance. I know he was listening in.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: With regard to the current section 50B, that is intended to continue until the new cost protection mechanism scheme is in place.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: As it is almost 6 o'clock I propose that we stay on for the duration of this legislation. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 1156 to 1163, inclusive, 1165, 1166, 1170, and 1177 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: On amendments Nos. 1056 to 1058, inclusive, does the Minister consider it necessary to add the word "climate" to the supplemental provisions in section 382.