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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 46: In page 24, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: "(6) A public body shall have regard to the maritime planning policy statement when performing a function under this Act to which information, setting out the principles and priorities of the Government referred to in subsection (1), contained in the statement is relevant. (7) The Minister may amend or...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Peter Burke: Amendment No. 48 proposes public consultation on any marine planning guidelines in line with the State's obligations under the strategic environmental assessment, SEA, directive and the Aarhus Convention. By their nature, such guidelines will require strategic environmental assessment. Integral to that process is public consultation. Guidelines prepared without that assessment and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputies for their engagement. In the context of typographical errors, I refer to amendment No. 52 in which it is explicitly stated that any amendment shall be required to be the subject of public consultation. That is the amendment to which I referred in saying that consultation would be required if a typographical error had to be amended subsequent to the issuing of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Peter Burke: It is not that it is set out; it is part of how you form guidelines. There is a reason for guidelines coming about and, on that basis, you would engage with stakeholders to try to develop the best guidelines possible. When it comes to the parameters of the guidelines, you have to have your screening and processes subsequent to that in order to decide the level of consultation and thresholds...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Peter Burke: There would be screening.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Peter Burke: Absolutely. If there is an issue or problem, you would consult widely in the development of guidelines. That would be as a matter of course. The Minister is not going to develop guidelines on the back of an envelope, say we have them and then ask if we need screening. They come about on the basis of a concern or an issue in the sector to which you are trying to respond.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Peter Burke: I am willing to be helpful here.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Peter Burke: The policy statement, as we discussed in the previous session, sits at the top of the hierarchy. That is in the terrestrial planning policy. It sets out the high-level objectives in terms of the way our planning system should perform in a sustainable manner. Sitting under that, we have the national marine planning framework and, in respect of onshore, the national planning framework. The...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Peter Burke: That is correct, yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Peter Burke: The word "comply" is used in respect of advice on a specific element. This is on page 24. In sections 7(1), 7(2), 7(4) and 7(5) the words used are "have regard to" or "having regard to", whereas section 7(3) is a more specific element and the words used are "shall ... comply".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Peter Burke: There are some parts of the guidelines which simply must be complied with. That is why the reference is included in the section. With European directives, there is no leeway and they must be complied with. That is why the word "comply" is used in the particular subsection.