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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The points have largely been made. This is about allowing for a period longer than 30 days for the public to inspect the EIA or the Natura impact statement. We all know that the public often feel these projects pass them by before they have a chance to know about, consider and inspect them. It is a reasonable provision to try to ensure that level of public participation in the process.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Subparagraph (4) states: "Subject to subparagraph (10), a rights commissioner shall not entertain a complaint under this paragraph if it is presented to him or her after the expiration of the period of 6 months beginning on the date of the contravention to which the complaint relates." What is the rationale behind limiting the right of somebody to make a complaint to six months and not...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not a brilliant explanation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would express concern about that. I can think of many circumstances where in the case of an employee, for example, there could be a delay of longer than six months in making complaints about things that contravened the conditions the holder of an authorisation should be meeting but maybe was not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will come back to the Deputies.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like to express concern about a few matters. First, I understand this allows for applications for development which, under paragraph 12, would include "the purpose of nuclear waste material storage". I would like an explanation of that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Excellent. We collectively deleted it. That is good. I also have concerns in respect of paragraph 15(b), relating to "a terminal, building or installation ancillary to a terminal that is used for the liquefaction of natural gas or the importation, offloading and re-gasification of liquefied natural gas", because some of us think that we do not need LNG infrastructure. If we are serious...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to be clear on this. First, on the LNG issue, the Minister of State said the Government decision in that regard is such that he does not envisage applications-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----or developments of that sort. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In that case, should that not be deleted as well? Is it not logical to delete it in the same that reference to nuclear storage was deleted?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will reflect on the response of the Minister of State. On the last point, for clarification, he is saying that in the case of reclamation or the building of storage facilities under those thresholds, they will be dealt with by the local authority through the normal process of assessing planning applications, with all the public consultation provisions and-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State would not explain that again, would he?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Deputy can say that again.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Briefly, this is the last chance to mention something we have not mentioned before Report Stage. I believe these issues arose yesterday but I want to ensure they are on the record. They are the concerns we have about access to justice issues in terms of the various consents for which the Bill sets out the provisions. Without making statements on it, there are concerns about the consents,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: With the decision to impose a curfew after midnight on nightlife and the recommendations to work from home from Friday, many people who work in those areas or who depend on those areas for work will lose income and, in many cases, or lose their jobs outright. Against that background, it is completely unacceptable that today we should be reducing the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP. Not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [54563/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I hope the Taoiseach and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage will address urgently what I hope is an unintended consequence of a new statutory instrument that was introduced in March of this year. The instrument changed the income assessment arrangements for social housing. I have been trying to get to the bottom of this because I am dealing with a family of eight who...