Results 20,761-20,780 of 26,350 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: There is an amendment on that later in the Bill.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I am glad Deputy Gould is back at the committee. He is probably making up for lost time because he was not here for a couple of weeks.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: It is a very fair point, to be honest. I want to stick to the relevant points here. We were speaking to an amendment that people have gone to the trouble of either preparing or submitting on behalf of interested groups so I would like to stick to what we are talking about. If Deputy Gould wants, I could talk about Knocknaheeny outside the meeting. I am glad he is back; it is good to have...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Okay.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: He is allowed back in now anyway.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: The party restriction has been removed from Deputy Gould and he is back in full flow.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I apologise, Chair. We dealt with the human health and well-being piece in some detail. I refer back to a commitment I gave under amendment No. 154. We will do that; we will look at that and revert. In that instance, without in any way dismissing the import of the issue or the manner in which it was put down and presented, we will look at that and I will come back on it. I will get to...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I should have mentioned that because that is on amendment No. 212, I think.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: We are looking at that. Apologies; I was referring to amendment No. 210.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: On amendment No. 212, I think we discussed that the week before last in relation to matters about statutory undertakers.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: We will bring forward amendments on Report Stage on that matter.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Apologies, I did not refer specifically to it. As the Deputy will see outlined in the Bill, we are not restricted to what areas we can go into. The Deputy proposed to broaden the scope of the national planning statements in amendment No. 203. I will talk about the language in a minute because what are "other challenges"? I do not mean that in any way other than saying I am not sure how...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: We are due to conclude at 2 p.m. I do not want to leave when anyone is in mid-flow. I have a hard stop at 2 p.m. I know the committee is coming back at 4 p.m.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: If Deputy O'Callaghan is in possession, I may not be able to respond. That is all I am saying.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I will respond when we get further down the line. I know the Deputy has amendments regarding zoning. We are delivering affordable housing. We are actively managing our land bank through the LDA. I could make political points, which I have made in the Dáil - I will leave it for there - in relation to where others stood regarding the LDA and its activation of land and, indeed, the...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: To answer the Deputy's second question, it is exactly that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Part 7 of the Bill relates to housing strategy and supply, and we have not got to it yet.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes, and then they would be listed in the regulations. That was something I reflected upon post the previous amendments, and I see a rationale there. We have got to see how we would work it through but, effectively, the same applies here in this instance.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: That is not the case.