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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1054: In page 559, after line 38, to insert the following: "(4) An agreement under section 212 of the Act of 2000 in force immediately before the repeal of that section by section 6 shall, on and after that repeal, be deemed to be an agreement made under this section, and accordingly this section shall apply to that agreement.".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1055: In page 560, line 22, to delete "land," and substitute "land;".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for the Labour Party amendments and her comments in introducing them. I agree with her wholeheartedly on uplift and Kenny-style measures. That is why we are bringing forward the land value sharing, LVS, Bill. The Deputy asked me about that in the Dáil. The LVS Bill will soon be available for publication. It is undergoing final checks in the Attorney General's...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: There is a great deal in that report. We need time to assess it, take it on board and see what changes we need to bring forward. I did not want to delay this Bill by waiting for the Law Reform Commission's report. We had worked through the Bill and the committee had been working through it too. The Law Reform Commission then published its report, which I welcome. It gives us a basis to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes. Final checks on the Bill are being undertaken by the Attorney General and his office prior to publication. It is imminent. It depends how long more we are in this committee.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes, we could take it directly after that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I am using the word "imminent", and it is.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: After this committee has concluded its deliberations, I will contact the Attorney General. It is not the case that he needs a fire put under him, but we will just say that it is very important legislation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: It is very detailed. I will be delighted to be able to bring it forward. I am sure that people will have views on it, and rightly so. I will endeavour to get an updated timeframe and come back directly to Deputy Bacik and the Chair for the information of members.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Sure.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: No. We were preparing this Bill and drafting it, and then the report of the Law Reform Commission dropped. I did not want to stop and delay the process. The Law Reform Commission report was published while this Bill was being prepared, as I said. We decided at Government that the CPO provisions in the Bill should reflect those in the current Act and that a more comprehensive review of the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: We need a bit of time to assess it. The amendments put forward by the Labour Party will form part of our review in this regard. I think all of us believe the CPO system and process need to be improved. I am committed to doing this, but we have not gone through all the implications of the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission report. We will come back to them, but I am going to do...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes. To be fair - this will be my last remark on this - the Bill, all 707 pages of it, is extremely comprehensive. There was preparation right the way through, and the committee engaged with that. Pre-legislative scrutiny, stakeholder engagement, the planning forum - all of that was done. There is no way we will stop with the Bill. For how long does one consider the LRC report and its...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: No problem. I thank the Deputy.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1077: In page 582, line 1, to delete “subsection (2)” and substitute “subsection (3)”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1082: In page 587, lines 1 and 2, to delete “an application for judicial review under Part 9” and substitute “Part 9 judicial review proceedings within the meaning of section 250”. Amendments Nos. 1082 and 1084 are minor typographical amendments that update wording to reflect defined terms and remove unnecessary punctuation. I will now...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Bray, is it?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I would have thought so. These amendments deal with the granting of licences to hold events. Amendment No. 1078 deals with the matters to be prescribed by regulation by the Minister with regard to applications for licences for events and, in particular, proposes that such regulations would include a requirement that the contact details of the person in charge of the event be publicly...