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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Can the Deputy make an acronym out of it?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: I meant to say at the start that a good explanatory note is attached to the Bill and was presented to the committee. The Library and Research Service has also put together a substantial document that highlights many of the issues that the Deputy raised. It provides a glossary of terms, a breakdown of the committee's pre-legislative scrutiny session, our 26 recommendations from that and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will come back to you. I call Deputy Cian O'Callaghan.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Yes, absolutely.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: On that basis, is amendment No. 30 to be pressed by the Deputies?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: I am dealing with amendment No. 30 first. I will get to amendment No. 33 then because it is being discussed with amendment No. 30.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: We will be moving on to that after. Is amendment No. 30 being pressed or withdrawn, based on the Minister of State's commitments here?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 40 is related to amendments Nos. 41, 44, 46 and 47.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: We could clarify the position on amendment No. 117 when we get to it. Does the Deputy wish to stick to his question now, which is on SEAs and AAs?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Does that relate to your query Deputy Ó Broin?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: The Minister of State has responded to some of the amendments in this group. Did he comment on amendment No. 46?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: It is a Government amendment that is one of the group of amendments under discussion.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: That is grand.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: I shall put the question on amendment No. 40.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: That would ensure consistency across all representations.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: Is the amendment being pressed?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: I believe the amendment is lost.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: As we are just four minutes from the end of the meeting, if we were to ring the bells, we would not complete the vote within the three hours. I propose that we adjourn the meeting until 1.30 p.m. on Thursday, 21 October 2021, when the first item will be a vote on amendment No. 40. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: 30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to specific concerns raised by Wicklow County Council in relation to the delay in awarding felling licences (details supplied); the steps he is taking to reduce wait times and specifically in relation to the ongoing concerns in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51554/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: 53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether a close to nature model of forestry is likely to be adopted as policy in the new forestry strategy currently being developed through Project Woodland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51555/21]