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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 48 is related to amendments Nos. 52 and 61. They may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: It is, as is amendment No. 61.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State. I call Deputy Ó Broin first, and then Deputy Cian O’Callaghan.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: We are in public session as well.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: We are on amendment No. 48.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: There are good explanatory documents. There is good document from the Library and Research Service.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: It sets out quite clearly what the relationships are between these things. Does it not?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: I am not going to curtail the discussion on this amendment but I need to move things along. If I think the discussion is not entirely relevant to the amendment, I will try to move along. I am being fair to the Deputy. I have not stopped him speaking but asking the Minister of State to describe what the relationship is between various parts of the Bill is not relevant to this amendment. I...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: It is my job to try to keep things moving.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 49 to 51, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: We are in public session. I call the Minister of State to respond.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State for that clarification. Is amendment No. 49 being pressed?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 50 has already been discussed with No. 49.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Sure

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Maybe we will wait until everybody settles and then proceed with that question.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: We have discussed it. I do not want to go back into it again. We discussed amendment No. 49 and-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 49 to 51 were discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Okay. That is fair enough.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 53 and 62 are related and will be discussed together.