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Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have no difficulty with that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I may have misheard the Minister of State, did he say that the Aarhus Convention does not have direct application to the member states?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: The realisation or the implementation of the obligations are effected through the directives-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----but Ireland is a signatory to the convention and it applies to us as directly as it would apply in any other set of circumstances. There is no less application as a result of-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I would say there are some people who would strongly disagree.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: For clarification, where we have a suite of grouped amendments, and we have been speaking to amendments Nos. 16, 17, 114, 115, 118 and 127, do we take those amendments first?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: A group of amendments we have just spoken on were amendments Nos. 16, 17, 114, 115, 118 and-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is fine.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Apologies, May I clarify that we deal with the amendments in groups?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 22:In page 8, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“(3) (a) Any such application for consultation to the Planning Authority shall include in written and electronic format all the information which is required to be provided to the Board under subsection (4) and in the formats stipulated therein. (b) The Minister may make regulations under this part to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: My understanding of our obligations in both Houses and other related legal obligations is that we need to provide people with opportunities as early as possible to be involved in the planning process. One of the difficulties with this Bill is because of the nature of the changes, it reduces their involvement. It is disappointing that the Minister of State was not open to embracing the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Am I correct in believing these are all ministerial amendments?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 25:In page 9, line 25, to delete “as are prescribed” and substitute “which shall be prescribed”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 26:In page 9, line 25, to delete “if prescribed”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 27:In page 9, line 30, to delete “as are prescribed” and substitute “which shall be prescribed”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 28:In page 9, line 31, to delete “if prescribed”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 32:In page 10, line 8, after “site” to insert “or to impact on any protected species or habitat or habitat for protected species”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 33:In page 10, to delete lines 31 and 32. There are three elements to this group of amendments. The first amendment is amendment No. 33 and refers to the provision in the Bill that where An Bord Pleanála refuses an application then any fee received from the prospective applicant for the purposes of this section would be returned. I have two problems with this....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Apparently there will be four votes in the Dáil.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: To be clear, is the Minister of State proposing to bring back something on Report Stage or regulations in respect of it?