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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: In accordance with a key commitment in the Programme for Government, a new revised and strengthened River Basin Management Plan will outline the national policies and high-level goals that will protect and restore our natural waters and will advance Ireland’s implementation of the Water Framework Directive. My Department is currently finalising the third River Basin Management Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Applications for funding under the Community Monuments Fund are assessed by an expert panel in my Department. Each application is taken on its merits and awarded points under a number of criteria as set out in the Community Monuments Fund Handbook. Applications for funding for 2024 are currently being assessed and I hope to make an announcement on projects awarded funding in mid-April.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 298: In page 95, line 21, to delete “2 working days” and substitute “5 working days”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 299: In page 95, line 36, to delete “shall, within 3 working days of receipt of the direction,” and substitute “shall, as soon as practicable,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 300: In page 96, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “(18) The Minister may prescribe a period or periods that shall be disregarded for the purposes of reckoning any period referenced in this section.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It is only if one part of it has been quashed, as I understand it. The overall direction stays valid. It is just if one part of it is quashed. If part of a direction is quashed by a judicial review, then the other parts of it still stand.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: That is correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It is new.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It brings clarity to what happens when there is a direction from judicial review proceedings. I am not sure if it was based on a previous case. It may be.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, I do not know. It is just to bring clarity.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The answer is that is not necessarily the case. It is more to give legal certainty.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 301: In page 96, line 27, to delete “plan” and substitute “strategy”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I will first address amendment No. 302 tabled by Deputies Ó Broin, Gould and Ó Snodaigh, which seeks to amend section 40(2) of the Bill by changing the period for commencing a review of a development plan from eight years after the last plan to seven years. I cannot accept this amendment as it would have consequential implications for other periods set out in the Bill for the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I have.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: That is it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I can appreciate it. Certainly, having been involved in several development plan processes when they were for a five-year period, I know the role is important for elected members. However, we are moving to a ten-year timeframe now and it has knock-on implications for the development planning process. In particular, the 99 week period has now been extended, as the Deputy will be aware. The...