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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: One of the strongest recommendations from pre-legislative scrutiny, which came from a number of areas, was the strong pushback against the idea of fines for late decisions. This section, in effect, means there will be fines. It means there will be penalties for the planning authorities for late decisions. I thought the Government and Minister had listened to those recommendations from...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: During our pre-legislative scrutiny, one of the things that came through very strongly from multiple sources, including practitioners within the system, was that any form of fines, the equivalent of fines or financial disincentives for planning authorities will inevitably lead to two things. First, they will lead to applications that may have been granted permission being refused because...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will make a couple of points. I want to respond to the Minister. There is an issue in that during pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill we heard from people working in this area, who gave us advice on it. We are now in a situation where the Minister is not accepting their advice or view, and that he knows best over and above people working in the area. They very clearly said that the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Sorry, but if the Minister is addressing staffing issues, I have a right to respond.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have not come in on those issues previously.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have finished that point. I am just saying if the Cathaoirleach is not going to stop the Minister talking about it, why is he stopping me?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Deputy Ó Broin and the Minister addressed this issue. Why would I not be allowed address it?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have finished that point. My second point is there is a clear risk, and we were told this during the pre-legislative scrutiny process, that if financial penalties are conceded by a planning authority, it will not prioritise dealing with that case or application because it will prioritise dealing with other applications in front of it to minimise future financial penalties. That point also...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 668: In page 220, to delete lines 19 to 27.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 669: In page 220, to delete lines 28 to 39.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 430: In page 112, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(v) (I) where the functional area to which the development plan relates includes a Limistéar Pleanála Teanga Gaeltachta or a Baile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta within the Gaeltacht, any relevant Language Plan agreed pursuant to Acht na Gaeltachta 2012, (II) where the functional area to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 433: In page 112, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: “(v) (I) where the functional area to which the development plan relates includes a Limistéar Pleanála Teanga Gaeltachta or a Baile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta within the Gaeltacht, any relevant Language Plan agreed pursuant to Acht na Gaeltachta 2012, (II) where the functional area to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 436: In page 113, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(3) The chief executive of a planning authority shall, in preparing a development plan review report under subsection (2), consult with the elected members and prescribed bodies and shall reflect the matters raised in the consultations in such report and give the input due consideration in any...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 440: In page 114, to delete lines 35 and 36, and substitute the following: “(f) (i) where the functional area to which the development plan relates includes a Limistéar Pleanála Teanga Gaeltachta or a Baile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta within the Gaeltacht, Roinn na Gaeltachta and Údarás na Gaeltachta, (ii) where the functional area to...