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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Planning statistics are compiled by each planning authority on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/service/9e4ee-get-planning-statistics/ However, the data collected relates to the total number of applications and decisions for all developments that require planning permission, broken down by year and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government and my Department continue to support local authorities in the delivery of new public housing, with strong recent delivery and ambitious national and local targets set for local authorities to deliver further social and affordable housing. To support this delivery, Budget 2024 provided for continued record investment in Housing with €4.25 billion in Exchequer funding for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 new homes per year, over the next decade. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies, the Land Development Agency and through First Home, a strategic...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1: In page 27, to delete lines 5 to 9 and substitute the following: “An Act to consolidate and revise the law relating to planning and development; to provide for proper planning and sustainable development in the interests of the common good; to provide for the licensing of events and control of funfairs; for those purposes to repeal and replace the Planning...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I cannot accept the two proposed amendments to amendment No. 1 tabled by Deputies Boyd Barrett, Ó Broin, Ó Snodaigh, Gould and Cian O'Callaghan with the aim of adding references in the Long Title to give effect to international conventions and directives of the European Parliament and of the Council and to a number of other enactments that are referred to in the Bill but not...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Okay. I have moved the amendment and I have spoken to the others in the group. I will come back in if need be.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: To be helpful, Deputy Farrell moved Deputy Ó Broin's amendment.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I take it that the same applies. It is seven minutes and two minutes.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I have outlined the rationale for amendment No. 1. It may have caught some of the Deputies by surprise that the debate on the Bill had started but I was operating to the schedule. What we are looking at here, which is very important, is the extension of the RPZs for another year while we look at what other rent controls might be introduced. We are using the Bill as a vehicle to do that....

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: On Deputy Ó Broin's first question, the provision allows for exactly what he has outlined. Taking Carrigaline as an example that has been raised in the House, the passing of this provision would give me, as Minister, the power to add the portion in question to an RPZ even though it would not, on its own, meet the criteria for an RPZ. On Deputy O'Callaghan's question, we will see...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 13: In page 29, to delete lines 11 to 16 and substitute the following: “ “approved local newspaper” means, in relation to the functional area of a planning authority— (a) a publication (other than an online publication or online version of a publication) that— (i) circulates in the functional area of the planning authority, and...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: We are discussing them all now. That is fine. Those amendments were tabled by Deputies Ó Broin, Gould and Ó Snodaigh. Amendment Nos. 29 and 144 were tabled by Deputy Matthews and amendment No. 39 was tabled by Deputy Ó Cathasaigh. Amendments Nos. 14 to 16, inclusive, 18, 20 and 32 all seek to change English terms used in respect of an coimisiún pleanála to...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: It is Part 17.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Ar an bpointe deireanach, b’fhéidir nár chuala an Teachta cad a bhíomar ag plé sa choiste faoin ár dteanga. Aontaíonn gach Teachta atá mar bhall den choiste go bhfuil sí an-tábhachtach ar fad. Cuirfidh mé síos dhá leasuithe tábhachtacha ar son ceantair Gaeltachta ar fud an Stáit chun pleanáil speisialta a chur...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: One item I did not get to respond to was that raised by Deputy Matthews. He made a very important point regarding the national biodiversity action plan. Due to the engagement we had on Committee Stage, we have strengthened that. It will be seen that, in amendment No. 118, I propose a definition of the national biodiversity action plan in Part 3, which matches the terminology used in the...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Aontaím leis sin. Ní dúirt mise é sin ar chor ar bith. Dúirt an Teachta Healy-Rae é sin.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 22: In page 33, line 31, to delete “Major Accidents Directive” and substitute “Seveso III Directive”.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 23: In page 33, line 33, to delete “Major Accidents Directive” and substitute “Seveso III Directive”.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 24: In page 33, line 35, to delete “Major Accidents Directive” and substitute “Seveso III Directive”.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 25: In page 33, to delete lines 36 and 37.