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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Amendment No. 84 is a technical amendment, so I am talking about amendment No. 85.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As has been said, many potential implications arise from the development of the marine area. All the relevant organisations, bodies and stakeholders should be consulted in any review of a marine spatial plan or the national marine planning framework. We mention in this regard examples such heritage, which is incredibly important. One of the things pointed out at a public meeting last night...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Amendment No. 96 proposes to delete section 19(1), relating to a marine spatial plan to which Chapter 4 applies. It states that section 19 is not to apply to plans to which Chapter 4 applies, relating to the requirement to lay the intended development plan before the Oireachtas. I would like to understand the rationale for that. I am guessing the Minister of State will say it is because it...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What happens where different bodies have different interests or remits?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister would adjudicate.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On my question with regard to a local authority, I take the point that if it is beyond the nearshore area it has to go before the Oireachtas. Is it conceivable that a local authority could seek to be designated to develop a plan, even for an area that is outside of the near shore activity?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It might well be the case that there would be two local authorities interested. Taking Dublin Bay as an example, there would be at least two Dublin local authorities that might have an interest in such a plan. How might that work?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is that provided for?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it possible the local authorities and other bodies could come together to do a DMAP?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Are semi-State agencies public bodies in that sense?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have read it online but I have not had a hard copy. I prefer hard copies. A framework is not a plan. My concern is that six years is a long time before we have a proper plan with all the public participation, the environmental assessment and, as has been mentioned, the marine protected areas. Why six years? Can the Minister of State explain why we have this figure of six years,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A framework is not a plan. That is the concern. A framework is a framework for planning; it is not a plan. That six-year delay in having proper plans is a concern.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This amendment is also in my name.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As soon as this legislation is passed, can a public body seek to be designated? For example, if a local authority decided that it wanted a particular marine area, would that be limited to the nearshore area? If that area went beyond the nearshore, since it still had an interest could it request to be designated to develop this more localised form of plan? What happens if multiple public...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like first to hear the Minister of State's answer to Deputy Ó Broin's question.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I understand. I would not mind hearing the Minister of State's response. Is that okay?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is possible. Following on from that, as soon as this legislation is enacted there could conceivably be a massive race between various bodies to grab areas for DMAPs, depending on what their particular interests are. In fact, I am tempted to participate in that race in respect of certain areas. Is it a case of whatever body gets in first gets the area? If a particular Department, and...