Results 4,721-4,740 of 5,950 for speaker:Paul McAuliffe

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Data (20 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 1579. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how many tidy towns adjudicators her Department recruited in 2023; how many tidy towns adjudicators her Department currently has; the remuneration they receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11929/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 1580. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role her Department takes in devising the marking scheme for the annual tidy towns competition; and the annual adjudication period when groups may be inspected. [11930/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I move amendment No. 396: In page 107, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(h) the zoning of sufficient and suitable lands for renewable and low-carbon energy deployment consistent with the achievement of Ireland’s national climate targets.”

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: We are trying to balance the desire for longer-term planning with the ability of, in particular, new councillors who might be elected in the second half of a development plan to have an input. There is also the question of the very necessary change in how a community might develop. I do not think it is unreasonable to suggest that a councillor, rather than just the chief executive, might be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I move amendment No. 484: In page 129, line 8, after “market” to insert “or other considerations”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Deputy O'Callaghan wish to speak on this point or on his amendment?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Do you want to come it at this point in advance of the Minister?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Let us speak to the group and the Minister can reply.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Deputy Gould on this point, and we will take Deputy Matthews separately.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Deputies Ó Broin and Gould have indicated. We are covering areas that we have already discussed at length. Perhaps these will be the last contributions from Deputies Gould and Ó Broin and we will then move on.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Is the Minister not in a position to accept the amendments?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I move amendment No. 531: In page 154, after line 37, to insert the following: “Permitting of Lifetime Extensions on Existing Windfarms 67. Lifetime extensions for existing permitted wind farms shall be permitted following either a notification or a planning application to the relevant authority. That authority shall decide within eight weeks of receipt of a notification whether...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: We can take them all together, and I will come back in.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: On the basis of the Minister's response, I am happy to withdraw my amendment, on the understanding that I may come back to it on Report Stage. Of particular concern to me are those projects at the very end of their life, where their life span has, in reality, extended beyond what was predicted but would not necessarily justify the investment required for a new planning application. The...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Will that be returning at 5.10 p.m.?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Then 5 p.m.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: The proposal was to extend the meeting; I disagree. I think we should conclude the meeting.