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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: A lot of my earlier questions were answered in the subsequent round. I have two questions for SWAN and then I will follow up with the EPA on a few of them. The European Commission published an opinion of non-compliant with the water framework last week. Maybe somebody from SWAN can talk us through their view of what that means and its significance to the discussion we are having here....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can I ask the EPA to also come back on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: On the requirement to advertise, is it the EPA's understanding that this will allow third parties to make submissions to the EPA, which it will then have to take into account in making its decision for existing abstractors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does Dr. Cotter have any concern that the head does not make that explicit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: No, that was my word, but I think it is a reasonable interpretation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: On the question of resources not being an issue, on a number of occasions the EPA talked of the balance between that risk and the burden of administration and costs. If that burden of administration and costs was not what it currently is, would the EPA still be making the recommendations? When we ask the Department to tell us why it was going for 25 cu. m, 250 cu. m and 2,000 cu. m, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Should the Bill give the power to refuse licences for existing abstractors under certain circumstances? With respect to enforcement, have recommendations been made to the Department concerning what that regime should be? In terms of indefinite licences, is there any other EPA licence type that is indefinite? Given that Ms Gurrie said that the registration process is very simple, why would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is there a provision in the Bill to refuse a licence for an existing abstractor, if there are grounds to do so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for cutting across Ms O'Connor. My question is, does the EPA think that there should be provisions in the Bill to provide for a refusal? I know what the heads say, but it seems odd that there is no provision. If the EPA's view is, having done an assessment, that there is a problem, surely it would like to have that power to be able to refuse, I presume in very limited circumstances.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I just want to press this because it is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not being adversarial, but there could be a situation where the EPA's environmental assessment finds that an abstraction should not continue but it will not be empowered to do that. It will only be able to apply conditions. Surely that seems an odd scenario.

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Today's debate is about low standards, credibility and trust but, most of all, it is about how Government business is done by Fine Gael. Last week, Leo Varadkar admitted to leaking a highly confidential document. When his colleague, the then Minister for Health, was asked to leak the same document, he refused, yet the leader of Fine Gael passed the document, marked "Confidential" and "not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (10 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Departmental review into co-living has concluded; if a report has been presented to him; and when he plans to publish the outcome of the review. [35578/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (10 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; and if her Department has had contact with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in terms of a review of the Act. [35287/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Industry (10 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dog sellers who have registered with his Department since the introduction of new regulations on the sale or supply of pet animals that came into effect on 1 February 2020; and if he will publish the information on a regular basis. [34655/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion (10 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am sure Mr. Sheridan had sleepless nights for quite some time after this legislation was originally passed, given its torturous passage through the House. I will make a couple of introductory remarks and then I will pose some very direct questions both to the Department and to the board. This was a terrible piece of legislation. I mean that with no disrespect to the enormous amount of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion (10 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: The first four are for Mr. Sheridan and the last three are for An Bord Pleanála.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion (10 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: We will get them in the second round. Mr. Sheridan should not worry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion (10 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Just in terms of the timeline, is it December 2021 or February 2022? That is quite an important question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion (10 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Could we take more questions, very briefly, and allow the members to come in, in the five minutes we have if we promise to be very brief?