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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will bring in Deputy Cian O'Callaghan. The Minister of State gave comprehensive responses to all of these queries.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I am going to allow the Minister of State to respond to Deputy Boyd Barrett's questioning.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: Apologies were received from Deputy O'Donoghue. I believe the Minister of State indicated he agreed to amendment No. 75.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 78, 80 and 87 to 95, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: There was a question on timeframes for the public consultation. That was from Deputy Ó Broin.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: The question is now clear.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: If the Deputy asks that question now, we can get a full response from the Minister of State. I am trying to reduce the amount of back and forth in the questioning.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 105 to 107, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy O’Callaghan. I suggest that we also address amendment No. 108 now because it is related to this grouping. That will mean that amendments Nos. 105 to 108, inclusive, will be in this grouping. Amendment No. 108 is on “coexistance” and “colocation”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: Are the Members willing to withdraw their amendment No. 108 based on the commitment given by the Minister of State?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: Is amendment No. 105 being pressed?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: On section 28(3)(a), does that subsection not describe adequately "the amendments which fall within the class [that] should be trivial, insignificant, minor or inconsequential"?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: This is in section 28. I will allow the Minister of State to respond to this point, please.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I believe that adequately covers the type of amendments that we are talking about there. Deputy Boyd Barrett, do you wish to come back in on that?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: We could get out the dictionary and look up the definitions of "trivial", "insignificant", "minor" and "inconsequential", but I think we have covered comprehensively what a significant matter is. I will put the question on that basis.