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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: May I ask a question?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is only a brief one. I think Part V leasing might be covered in this section. Has the issue of Part V leasing been looked at in the Bill? Has the ability to lease been looked at at all as part of the Bill, in this section or elsewhere?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Part V traditionally was done as a purchase. A local authority would purchase. It might go to an approved housing body, but long-term leasing has increasingly been used instead of a purchase. That is still provided for, is it?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Has any consideration been given to that or value for money or whether it is best practice as part of drawing up the Bill?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is the Minister of State's view on it. Okay. I might return to it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 919: In page 414, to delete line 12.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 921: In page 417, after line 36 to insert the following: “(2) Notwithstanding any other enactment, it shall be lawful and permissible for Údarás na Gaeltachta to carry out the functions of an approved housing body.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Why would it not be the role of the planning authority? If it is not for the planning authority to do it, who does it? Presumably it is a matter for local government.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That was the response the Cathaoirleach got. Fair enough.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is the Cathaoirleach's reading of it. I thank him.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Whose function is it to-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Tailte Éireann. Therefore, if a local authority identifies and maps out public rights of way, it should not have any role. Is that what the Minister of State is saying? Can a local authority not have a role in maintaining a public right of way it designates? If a local authority designates a public right of way, does it not have an obligation to maintain it?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Under the legislation, is it not the case that a local authority can designate a public right of way?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It has to be registered with Tailte Éireann.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Unfortunately, establishing and vindicating public rights of way is very difficult and challenging in Ireland by comparison with our neighbouring country, for example. If you go walking in England, you will find rights of way everywhere. England has an incredibly good network that puts us to shame. When we see things done well in neighbouring countries, we always ask why we cannot do the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is not just entirely an issue with respect to TDs. It is an issue with respect to councillors as well. Councillors in Dublin City Council located within a few kilometres of the airport would not be included in this, yet councillors much further away would be. Why does it matter? The role elected representatives play in terms of getting this information for the immediate communities...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Why not just accept the wording so it is explicitly clear? Our current situation is that we do not have, in tenure mix-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, but our current situation is that we are getting planning application after application for rental-only developments when it comes to apartments and we are not getting that with respect to houses and duplexes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Chair. Amendment No. 906 is standalone, and inserts, on page 405, the following wording: A Housing Strategy shall include— (a) an estimate of the amount of land that the local authority will need to acquire through compulsory purchase orders or other means to meet future housing needs as estimated in the housing strategy and to ensure that land is available at...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, but it was done, it could be done and it worked well. The problem is that it is not being done now for whatever reason. That is why my amendment would mean there would be an obligation not just to come up with the housing strategy-----