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- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: I have done it myself.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: I said I would look at the fees issue.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: If the Senator wants, we can debate the fees issue again. I told the House that I would look at the fees issue, and I will. That is a separate issue to this amendment.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: The majority, Senator.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: That is not what we are doing.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: Most of the Members in this Chamber do not agree with Senator Landy on that point. We are not taking power away from councils. We are dealing with an issue of time for a limited number of applications. The large scale developments that we are trying to encourage take a long time to get a decision. If one compares the 25 week process, as proposed in the Bill, to a 78 week decision making...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: We are not walking on people.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: With respect, we have gone to great lengths to try to ensure that is not the case. We are ensuring that local authorities have a real say in the process of assessment and consistency with local area plans. Most of the bad decisions in regard to houses in the wrong places, such as building on flood plains and so on were zoning decisions as well as planning decisions. The zoning decisions...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: Of section 8?
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: We still have a long way to go.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: Amen to that.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: Let me answer. One question-----
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: One question deserves a detailed answer. We have rehearsed some of the issues around fees for objections and so on. We will do something on that. There is a separate Bill wherein there are recommendations in that regard. We will follow through on that. The question on the lack of appeal deserves an answer. That goes for many sections in this legislation. This provision only applies to...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: Judicial review is not about assessing the planning decision. Under a judicial review, one can merely legally challenge the fairness of the process, its consistency with legislation, etc. I do not ever make that argument. There is a belt-and-braces approach being taken to the planning decision and there is a localised and intensive consultation process. Even before that, there is a...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: Sorry. Let me be crystal clear, in that a planning application cannot get consideration under this process unless the land on which that application is made is currently zoned.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: It cannot be considered if it has only been zoned at some stage in the past. It has to be currently zoned under-----
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: Yes. If it has been dezoned, it will not be subject to this consideration process until it is zoned.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: What is the Senator talking about? I-----
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: I have told the Senator that I support the principle.