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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: 126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the little book bag initiative; the number of books that have been distributed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56223/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I welcome everyone to the meeting. We commence pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the planning and development and foreshore (amendment Bill) 2022. We have two sessions this morning and this one is between 9.30 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. We are joined by officials from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, namely, Ms Maria Graham, assistant secretary, Mr. Frank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Higgins has approximately one minute left if she has any further follow up. Can I move on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Higgins for staying within her time. The Green Party slot is next. I thank the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage for bringing this Bill. I understand the timely requirement of it. I will go straight to my questions about the heads. On head 5, relating to section 106 - the skills base is set out in section 106(2). In a similar way to Deputy Ó...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: We will come back to the foreshore if the witness could just take those on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Senator Boyhan is next and he has six minutes. If Ms. Graham could take those comments on board I do not need a response to them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: They are just my observations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Senator Boyhan and will now move to Deputy Cian O'Callaghan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Those were important clarifications, which is why I let that run over. There are three members left and six minutes. I am going to Senator Seery Kearney, and Senator Moynihan. If they could just keep it very direct and as short as possible because I am out of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: For the final couple of minutes I will bring in Deputy Ó Broin and Deputy O'Callaghan if they could share the time. We have about three or four minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Ó Broin. We can discuss that. I thank Ms Graham, Mr. Gallagher, Ms Murray and Mr. Ryan for their attendance. We will hold a second session now with organisations to continue this process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: This is the second session on the pre-legislative scrutiny of general scheme of the planning and development and foreshore (amendment Bill) 2022. We are joined by the Ms Attracta Uí Bhroin of the Irish Environmental Network, IEN, Mr. Gavin Lawlor of the Irish Planning Institute and Ms Karin Dubsky of Coastwatch. They are all very welcome this morning to assist us as we go through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Ms Dubsky submitted an opening statement but it arrived quite late. As part of the Irish Environmental Network, IEN, submission, does she wish to briefly give an opening statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Dubsky and invite Mr. Lawlor to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I will move now to the members and we have time for seven minutes slots. For the information of the witnesses, seven minutes is the entire time given to members to ask the question and for the witnesses to try to respond. It would be helpful if members were to direct a question to a particular witness. Taking the first slot is Deputy Ó Broin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: We have time, so Mr. Lawlor can respond.