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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Since that framework was originally approved, all sorts of things have changed, which includes climate action plans, legally binding emissions reduction targets, changes to EU law, the Aarhus Convention, not to mention the complexity of planning and building control, etc. How reasonable is it, given the increasing level of complexity of planning and environmental decision-making, to go back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I can pick up on that, if I may, in the next round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will pick up on Ms Buckley's point because there is something worse than a bad "No" and that is a bad "Yes". That leads to all sorts of problems. I have very rarely, if ever, heard a member of the public wanting this process to be fast-tracked. The only people who have ever talked about speeding the process up are some politicians and some lobbyists. What most people want, including...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will Mr. Cussen not dodge my political question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Maybe if more Oireachtas Members knew the detail of that, the Office of the Planning Regulator would get less of a hard time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: That also was not approved by the Oireachtas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Although that is a practice, it is not required from a legislative point of view.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Setting laws and political interference are two separate things, but I take the point.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he would support the large energy users who wrongly benefitted from the rebalancing subvention repaying that overpayment to households. [6157/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way the large energy user rebalancing subvention was compliant with EU state aid rules. [6081/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Asset Management Agency (8 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of NAMA's 20% interest in the Poolbeg SDZ development; and if he will describe the nature of the interest, that is, equity, equity with development cost liabilities, or other. [5954/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (8 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide guidance for residents of a development in an area (details supplied) with regard to applications for enrolment to schools where the development does not fall into any catchment area for enrolment purposes, and as a result, children are refused admission to schools on that basis. [6044/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Hogan and his team for the presentation and for all of their efforts on this issue. I will make some opening remarks and then ask some questions. In my view, a good planning system is one that makes high-quality planning decisions in a timely manner but with meaningful public participation. That is something for which many of us in this committee have argued for a long time....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I do not want to cut across Mr. Hogan, but our time is limited. Are the 541 posts to meet existing requirements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I assume to then ensure the full delivery of the aspiration in this very significant Bill, there will need to be a significant increase beyond that, in particular if we are going to have a significant increase in new plans or statutory timelines for decisions. Would that be a reasonable assumption?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: There will be need for more than 451 posts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The second area of questions relates to the planning statements, which will replace the section 28 mandatory ministerial guidelines, how the planning statement then relates to section 62, which is expedited, and then the development plans where the development plan is no longer consistent with the new planning statement and section 120(2)(c) material contraventions. In the short time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is to do with the national planning statements. The intention is for that power to replace what we currently understand as the section 28 ministerial guidelines. That new planning statement provision also then interacts with sections 62 and 120. When a Minister, for example, introduces a planning statement, there is a procedure for a fast-track to change the development plan and a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a long list of parliamentary questions going back about five years on the rural planning guidelines. We were constantly told they would be published in the next quarter and we have not yet received them. That is for another day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: We can do that later. I want to go back to section 22 and the Minister's planning statement. A number of years ago, a judicial review of a residential development was pretty much unheard of. The small number of judicial reviews that took place on an annual basis were mainly about strategic infrastructure developments or large commercial units. There is a mistaken perception that the cause...