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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will go through it for the Deputy, and give him the note followed by my own thoughts. Amendment No. 168 seeks to add states where transboundary impacts of the plan may arise or where such consultation is requested by another state or jurisdiction, as well as the public in that state, to the list of those in respect of which the Minister must put in place arrangements for consulting as part...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: On Deputy Ó Broin's point on section 21(2)(i), we will look at it and come back on Report Stage to see if we can do something to broaden that. On the second point around section 215 and the transboundary convention, section 21(3) states, “The National Planning Framework shall be subject to the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive”. Under the Espoo convention we...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I know the point the Deputy is making but in the section it is clearly signalled and flagged where we reference Part 6. Part 6 deals specifically with environmental assessments. It is like this when you write anything. The Deputy is saying to be sure to be sure. We have to have a structure in legislation. This makes specific reference to part 6 which deals with the point the Deputy is making.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will look at it. The Deputy makes a valid point.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Amendment No. 170 seeks to expand this provision by requiring the Government to respond to such observations, as well as having regard to them. The purpose of public participation is to gather and collate their views as they relate to the particular draft framework that is being consulted on. It is not unusual for a range of views, which may be contradictory, to be expressed on any...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is the import we took.