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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is what I am saying. My point is that they have all been implemented bar one. I return to my question, because, again, the Minister of State has not answered it. We are not talking about policy because we have made it very clear that the Government makes policy, and this is fine. On enforcement, however, I will remind the Minister of State of what the Mahon tribunal stated: ...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: No, we are talking about enforcing-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: No, I am sorry, we absolutely are talking about it. This is an enforcement mechanism. It is a mechanism by which a Minister can force or enforce a national planning policy statement onto a local authority that is resistant to that change. This is what this is outlining. What we have is a process by which a direction is being issued, in this case to local planning authorities. The power...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is fine. That is all I wanted to know.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State is correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, absolutely. I am not criticising that, by the way. I think there is merit in it. That also means, however, that the statements are going to be controversial and, therefore, the additional value of coming to committee with these policy statements in some form, not unlike how we deal with exempted developments, although it may not be exactly the same, would be that some of those...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will give an example because the Minister of State is right that we should always think of real life cases. Let us take the Galway ring road and hypothesise for a second. Let us imagine that between now and the local elections, the majority of people in the city of Galway are convinced of the merits of the idea that the ring road is not compatible with climate action. A majority of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sure.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does the Minister of State have an example of the kind of project we are talking about? Clearly this has been designed with something in mind.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is probably a good point to commend the Bills Office on doing this. If there are any anomalies I presume it is due to the fact it had a very large volume of amendments submitted by us. It is as much on us as anyone else. Amendment No. 1042 is a very straightforward amendment. It aims to replace the role of the Minister in approving any proposed changes to the fees and fee structure...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It might be the theme of Oireachtas oversight that has it grouped here rather than the issue of fees.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 45: In page 39, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “7. The Minister shall, within eight months of the passing of this Act lay before the Oireachtas and relevant Committee a draft schedule of amendment legislation that the Minister intends to bring forward including in relation to: (a) the reform of Compulsory Purchase Order powers; (b) the Land...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the text of this essentially a transposition from the existing Act or is there anything in this which is new or different? It is just to put it on the record if there is.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is a separate matter but it concerns this section so maybe it is best to deal with Deputy O'Callaghan's amendment first and I will come in on the second-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Now we are getting into the substance of the Bill there are a variety of sections I have technical questions about. I may choose to table amendments on these sections on Report Stage depending on the answers. What struck me as interesting about this section on short-term letting is there is no change in this from the legislation as passed by former Minister, Eoghan Murphy, and supported...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It does not, though we are looking forward to that legislation and my colleague, Deputy Munster, will be leading on it for us. It is disappointing the Commission has overreached its remit, but that is a matter for another committee on another day. My question is a more basic one. We know this does not work. The very specific enforcement provisions set out in subsections (3) and (4) do not...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Just to be clear, we supported the legislation because it was attempting to do what the committee wanted it to do. My point now, however, is that this portion of the section does not work and therefore is not good. The intention behind it is absolutely correct. All I ask is that section 8(3) and (4) are looked at between now and the final passage of the Bill. I am not asking the Minister...