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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I want to come back to this.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The national planning framework is a planning document that looks at how we will plan in terms of the make-up. I believe that the ESRI's final report will be a key component in the update of the national planning framework in terms of population because the shifts of population are different in different areas of the country. We believe that what Deputy Ó Broin is talking about is...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: No, what I am saying is that the ESRI, when it is considering its report, because the national planning framework is a future planning document-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: When it looks at "future population change, and associated housing," obviously, partly built into that will be looking at its previous projections and at what the current position is.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am not saying that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am saying that when it is doing its work in the normal way, it will have to come forward. We will provide the Deputy with the terms of reference. When it is looking at future population change and associated housing, it will look at demographic shifts. It has previously done work in this regard - this is an update. It will look at structural housing demand. Implicit in that work will...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am saying it is required to give us data to enable us to plan for the future in the national planning framework. When it looks at that, obviously it will consider all aspects, but the national planning framework document is fundamentally about the future.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: SECTION 20

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 160: In page 62, to delete lines 7 to 9 and substitute the following: "(3) Each subsequent review shall be completed before the expiry of a period of 1 year, which period shall begin on the date of publication, by the Central Statistics Office, of the final results of the second occurrence of a census of population of the State held after the completion of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Housing for All commits to reviewing the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme and a report on the review has been prepared by my Department. The review was informed by engagement with external stakeholders, including the Department of Health, the HSE, the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Irish Wheelchair Association. Written submissions were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 253 and 254 together. My Department provides funding to local authorities under the Disabled Persons Grants scheme to carry out works on social housing stock to address the needs of older people, people with a disability or overcrowded situations. Extensions to provide for ground floor bathrooms and bedrooms can also be supported. This programme also...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Subsection 24(2).

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Deputies Ó Broin and O'Callaghan. Amendment No. 211 proposes to amend subsection (2) of section 24 by changing "may" to "shall" for the purposes of consultation with specified bodies in advance of issuing a national planning statement. The use of "shall" puts a mandatory requirement on the Minster to undertake consultation. It is generally the case that the Minister, on behalf...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: It can in an emergency or if there is an urgent need.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Government will make the decision on what is an emergency.