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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 43: In page 24, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "(4) The Oireachtas when considering any proposed maritime planning policy statement,or an amendment or revocation of a maritime planning policy statement under this section, either within a committee of the Oireachtas, or when either House considers motions in relation to a proposed maritime policy...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 45: In page 24, lines 20 to 22, to delete all words from and including "prepared," in line 20 down to and including line 22 and substitute the following: "approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas.".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 47: In page 24, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: "(6) Public bodies shall have regard to marine policy statements in the performance of their functions under this Act and related functions in the Planning and Development Act introduced under this Act, but shall not be bound by them where that would involve a breach of EU rules.".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 48: In page 24, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "(2) The Minister shall ensure a full public consultation on any marine planning guidelines, in line with the State’s obligations under the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive and the Aarhus Convention.". Before I speak briefly to those amendments, I am still unclear about the legal...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Amendment No. 52 speaks the same issue of the needs for adequate public consultation. Amendment No. 61 also relates to the key point of public consultation. I am interested to know the status of the guidelines and the level of public participation and consultation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. If there is some misunderstanding, confusion is probably a better word for it because the Bill itself is not clear. Certainly, it does not provide us with as clear an explanation as the Minister of State has just provided for us on the floor. That was helpful. The difficulty, however, with the reference to section 31 is that if an SEA...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will come back to that question with the next round of amendments. I would like one clarification, however. The Minister of State indicated that there will be engagement with stakeholders. Where in section 7 or elsewhere in the Bill is that set out? Who are those stakeholders and how is that determined?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That means the process is at the discretion of the Minister up until the screening.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am talking about the position up to that point. Screening is a separate process.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Some guidelines are mandatory and some are not. Is that what the Minister of State is saying?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not being awkward in the slightest; we are genuinely trying to scrutinise this issue. However, it is important not only that members of the committee understand this but also that it is on the public record. I do not mind if we go into private session but it would be helpful, when we resume in public session, for the Minister of State to further clarify the matter because the public...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 50: In page 24, line 30, to delete “the Minister” and substitute “the maritime planning policy statement”. Can I ask a simple and straight question on amendments Nos. 50 and 51?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I see the Minister of State has left without his officials. Why do the two sections of the Bill talk about the Minister rather than the maritime planning policy? If the Minister of State is able to give a convincing response, I will be happy to withdraw the amendments.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sure. I should have asked that question in the last discussion.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: So this refers to those ministerial guidelines.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does it only refer to those, or does it refer to those and the planning policy statement?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 52: In page 24, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “(5) The Minister shall always conduct a public consultation on the making of guidelines, or any amendment to, or revocation of guidelines under this section.”.