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Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Bodies (23 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: 666. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 18 April 2024, if his attention has been drawn to delays in the establishment of a register of counsellors and psychotherapists by a group (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure this process is expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17937/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: 20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the new round of the large-scale sports infrastructure fund will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17040/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Alan Dillon. We will recommence on the block of amendments that started with amendment No. 923. We have a couple of amendments left to discuss in this grouping, and I suggest we start with ministerial amendments Nos. 948 to 952, inclusive. I ask the Minister of State to speak to those amendments in whatever logical order he thinks appropriate.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Does anybody wish to respond? No. The last couple of amendments in this block are mine. They are amendments Nos. 933 to 939, inclusive. I ask someone to take the Chair while I speak briefly to those amendments, if anybody would be willing to do so. I propose Deputy O'Callaghan. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I submitted amendments Nos. 933 to 939, inclusive. They reflect a Private Members' Bill I have submitted that I think is on Second Stage at the moment. Essentially, this is an environmental protection measure in acknowledgement of sites in our local areas that are environmentally sensitive or of value. They might not meet the threshold to be designated as a Natura site or a natural...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Will the Minister of State outline the sufficient provisions that do exist in this Bill to designate? I have set out clearly the types of habitats or features that would be protected by this. If we have a Natura site and an SAC, for example, very strong conditions are imposed regarding what can be done within those areas. The conditions regarding natural heritage areas are a little less...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I accept that is a good section - it is wide ranging and covers a lot - but it involves setting out a strategy. Does it enable the local authority to draw a line or circle on a map and say that this is a site that needs to be considered if development takes place?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Okay. That is fine. Obviously, it is done through the development plan process under that strategy. I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I appreciate that the Minister of State will look into this further. When the TPO process is going through, there is a consultation with the land owner and the land owner can make the submissions. That happens when the TPO is being made. I am talking about a process that will apply when the TPO has been made and has been in existence for some number of years. I am seeking to ensure there...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 954 to 956, inclusive, and amendment No. 979 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Ó Broin. I will now go to Deputy O'Callaghan. I think we will have quite a bit of discussion on this grouping, so I will allow the time for that. I know Deputy Bacik wants to discuss her amendment as well. We will try to do the amendments in a logical order if possible.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Does Deputy Bacik want to come in at this point?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: My apologies, I did not see the second dot here. That is actually in the next grouping. We are on the grouping containing amendments Nos. 954 to 956, inclusive, and No. 979.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: You will be the first in the next group.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I ask the Minister of State to respond to the initial questions from Deputies O'Callaghan and Ó Broin.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: This is for the benefit of people who may be watching. One of the reports of the Office of the Planning Regulator had an annex that outlined in some detail judicial reviews that were determined between 2012 and 2022. Some of that data is available and people may not be aware of the fact. I just wanted to say that for clarity and information.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Callaghan to respond, and then we will move to the amendments.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I suggest we take amendments No. 954, 955 and 956. They are insertions into section 250. Is that logical?