Results 5,721-5,740 of 25,799 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Does the Deputy want An Taisce out?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: It is Ireland's National Trust or something.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: What we are saying to members is that we will look at this and come back to the committee before Report Stage. Regulations have a big role in this too, but we will look at what State bodies are prescribed. I understand the points Deputies have made, but I am not in a position to accept them right now.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: There are three or four. If members want I can take the next one-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I can go more slowly.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: In fairness to the members, I know at the opening of the committee everyone recognised the incredible amount of work the team here has gone through to prepare this so-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Tuigim.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Obviously, we did not need to give the OPR direction on the function with regard to a language plan. I understand the point the Deputy is making but if he looks at where it sits within it, it is giving them an additional function that is currently there with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes. I need more time to assess what we do. They are statutory bodies. I mentioned other bodies. I was not being flippant. There are other really good groups who we might probably say that we should be consulting with them. I have already mentioned that I am consulting with Bánú but no one is proposing it in the legislation. That is my point.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Sure. Perhaps I will respond briefly to Deputy Ó Broin. Prescribed bodies are State bodies. Part of the reason for them being prescribed is, as the Deputy said, so that people have to interact with them and seek their experience and expertise in their specific areas, as is right and proper. I said in respect of Foras na Gaeilge and An Coimisinéir Teanga that I will look at that....
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: We will have a look at it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: As I said, I think everyone agrees that we cannot have a long definitive list. I remind members that any other bodies can be consulted, but specifically within the areas I mentioned, we will look at State bodies with regard to prescribing and the other areas around the regulation.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I will give the Deputy a commitment that I will look at those in detail in advance of Report Stage. We will be able to provide some further assurances on it. I will get clarification on An Taisce but I understand it was the 1963 Act. It was unique being the Irish national trust type of thing so it got special status.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Next week, it will be a different thing.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: If -I am saying "if" with a big health warning - it is not too onerous, we have them and can go through them here as we are. If the Deputy leaves that with me, we will see what is possible. I am conscious that-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Can the Deputy let me finish for a second? When we come out of these committee meetings, obviously a lot of additional work is required in advance of the next day too so I want to see what is actually possible. We will try to be as helpful as we can.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: We are all working off the same lists.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I will see what can be done.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: We have discussed amendment No. 30 already but the next logical cluster contained amendments Nos. 355 to 357, inclusive, 360, 369, 371, 373, 380, 421, 900 and 901 tabled by Deputies Ó Broin, Gould and Ó Snodaigh. There are three more amendments in the grouping, namely, amendment No. 368, tabled by Deputies O'Callaghan agus Ó Cathasaigh, and then amendments Nos. 894 and 899,...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I can. I can go through them all but-----