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- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)
Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 10 and 20 are related and will be discussed together. I might give members a couple of minutes to get back to their rooms.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)
Steven Matthews: We lost the connection to the Minister but we have restored it now. Amendments Nos. 10 and 20 are related and will be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)
Steven Matthews: Please do.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)
Steven Matthews: Another vote has been called in the Dáil. We might be able to deal with this amendment afterwards. Does the Deputy wish to reply or does he accept the Minister's response?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)
Steven Matthews: Does the Deputy wish to withdraw the amendment?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)
Steven Matthews: Will amendment No. 20 be similarly withdrawn?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: Good afternoon. We are meeting today to consider the matter of marine protected areas. We are joined today by Mr. Richard Cronin, principal adviser, and Dr. Oliver Ó Cadhla, scientific policy adviser, both from the marine environment section of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I thank them for their attendance today in assisting the joint committee in its...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Cronin. To echo his last point, there is a keen interest in the entire area, not just the marine protected areas but also the protection, preservation and restoration of Ireland's maritime area. As he may be aware, the committee has spent the past two months on the Maritime Area Planning Bill, and the marine protected areas obviously came up in the context of that development...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: There will be time on subsequent rounds if Deputy Ó Broin wants to come back in and expand on any of the points raised. The legislative timeline Mr. Cronin indicated seems positive and it is one to which I would like to adhere. He will find the committee co-operative in undertaking pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme. He mentioned that we need to look at good models...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: In the committee's engagement with the Irish Environmental Network, IEN, it was noted that there is a lack of scientific data on our maritime area. Any development that takes place in the maritime area is going to be subjected to an environmental impact assessment, which will generate data. Does Mr. Cronin see that data-gathering aspect as part of development feeding into our science base...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: Mr. Cronin mentioned Scotland and the UK as having good systems in place. They are also quite advanced in their offshore renewable energy development and, of course, have a history of oil development. Are there are marine protected areas that have turbines or oil rigs in them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: I would appreciate that, Mr. Cronin. Thank you. My time is up so I will move on. I apologise, Senator Cummins. I think you are present but I missed you on the screen. Do you wish to come in now? Senator Cummins might be having connection difficulties. I will move on to Senator Moynihan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: I see Senator Cummins is present but is having some difficulty connecting or getting his microphone to work. We are now into the second round. Deputy Ó Broin wanted to come back in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: I have the Deputy penned in for the third round already.