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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: This is not about consultation with an Oireachtas joint committee. What Deputies Ó Broin, Gould and Ó Snodaigh are proposing is that for every national planning statement a motion, post its publication but before its adoption, would go to the Dáil and Seanad. Does the motion go for debate? I assume from the examples Deputy Ó Broin made reference to that it would go to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I will find out.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I will check it out. That was raised previously.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: It is 30-something but we will get the Deputy the exact number.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: What I have said is I will look at the Oireachtas joint committee elements. Deputy Ó Broin's amendment goes a lot further than that and he has acknowledged that. It would require a motion before the Dáil for referral to the Oireachtas committee. The Oireachtas committee then would make its considerations, propose amendments and then that would come back, as amended, to the Houses...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: We have discussed it appropriately.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Is the Deputy referring to section 21?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: We are on section 21.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I am trying to find out what the Deputy is referring to. That is all.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Talk to your buddies.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: We are trying to move on from that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I want to get the question though because I do not know what the Deputy is asking.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Right.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The provision of social and affordable housing has been an absolute priority for myself and any future government will bring forward its housing plan in relation to delivery. For the first time, every local authority has exact targets and plans for all tenures of housing and that will be carried forward. There is the implementation of Government plans and the investment that is required to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I have answered. I am saying respectfully that I have answered very clearly. We have housing need demand assessments all the way across every single local authority. We are identifying social, affordable, private and cost rental. We have referred to the Acts that underpin that. I have given examples-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: It is the national policy objective if you look at the national planning framework. This is really important, by the way. This Government has made a leap forward in the delivery of social and affordable housing.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: No, I know it is not what you are talking about.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Deputy Boyd Barrett has jumped forward. He has gone back to section 19 in his question and then he has jumped forward to section 219. I am doing my best to answer.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I did, but it was to be helpful. National policy objective No. 36 under the national planning framework states: New statutory guidelines, supported by wider methodologies and data sources, will be put in place under Section 28 of the Planning and Development Act to improve the evidence base, effectiveness and consistency of the planning process for housing provision at regional,...