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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Is the Deputy asking about when an applicant makes a planning application?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Is the Deputy asking if they are basing the infrastructure they put in on the provision of public transport in that area?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes. It is an existing or prospective deficiency in any infrastructure capacity. It can be assessed on the basis of location. Sometimes applications are based on projected public transport provision in the next year or two years or on the basis that a new route will be added or that there will be a new Luas line or a new DART service. It is a consideration and planning applications can be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 15: In page 31, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “ “industrial emissions licence” means a licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 for the carrying on of an industrial emissions directive activity (within the meaning of that Act); “integrated pollution control licence” means a licence...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I will address amendments Nos. 18, 135, 234, 265, 282, 290, 304, 314, 315, 395, 432 and 1189, which have been tabled by Deputy Matthews. This set of amendments relates to a new definition for the national biodiversity action plan along with the insertion of several references to that plan at specified points throughout the Bill. It is important to note that the national biodiversity action...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I have not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: No. Will I address those now?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I can speak to the grouping, if that is okay?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I will address amendment No. 136 as tabled by Deputy O'Callaghan; amendments Nos. 164, 244 and 1171 tabled by Deputy Matthews; amendment No. 199 tabled by Deputy Duffy; and amendment No. 201 tabled by Deputies Callaghan, Ó Broin, Gould, Ó Snodaigh, Boyd Barrett, Smith and Kenny. Amendments Nos. 136 and 164 relate to the national planning framework and amendments No. 136 proposes...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I would like to clarify the point raised by Deputy Matthews on the reference to the National Biodiversity Action Plan 2017-2021. That was the plan in place when the Bill was published therefore the fourth national biodiversity plan covers the period from 2023 to 2030.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I apologise, Deputy. What I am saying is that we need to consider that given we have just adopted the new national biodiversity action plan, it is now on a statutory footing. It is important to look at the totality of this legislation and how it interacts with that. There is a hierarchy of plan-making in terms of the national planning framework, this Bill and, particularly important, local...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I do not disagree with any strengthening of this Bill with regard to biodiversity, absolutely not. The Deputy will appreciate that the national biodiversity action plan was only adopted by Government since this Bill was published. It is now on a statutory footing. What we want to do is try to achieve that strengthening within this Bill and give effect to what the national biodiversity...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: In the specific section the Deputy is talking about, titled "Considerations for issuance of National Planning Statement", subsection 24(1)(g) refers to "prevention, reduction, amelioration and mitigation of risks of environmental damage". It is important to look at that specific section to ensure that wording around biodiversity is included. It addresses issues such as damage or "risks to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The point I am making, and that I keep making, is that we have just recently adopted the new national biodiversity action plan. For the first time, the plan is on a statutory footing. All public bodies will have to have regard to it and there is a reporting mechanism back to the Minister with regard to its delivery. We want to ensure this Bill reflects that. I have given a commitment to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I am not. I am suggesting that it is an area of the Bill that will be strengthened.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It is a point well made. I will give a commitment. The Deputy is correct in what he is saying. I will try to paint a broader picture of what we are trying to achieve. This is the first real test of the national biodiversity action plan and how it beds in with legislation. What we are attempting to achieve, as we said in the plan, is an all-of-government and all-of-society response. It...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I reflect on all of the contributions from Deputies. It is a marked departure in this Dáil that we have had such a focus on biodiversity in the past number of years. It speaks volumes about how all Deputies across the House care for this. That is reflected in the quality of amendments brought forward. I wish to give assurance that what we are trying to achieve is a strengthening of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I do not think so. No.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I think it has to.