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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: That is my understanding, yes. The whole intention of this regime is to get public awareness quicker as part of a planned stakeholder engagement process with the developer or the pending application. That is the premise of the Bill that we will be trying to achieve. MARA will consider the criteria set out in Schedule 5 and any consultation on MACs will be limited to those criteria. As...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 151: In page 66, line 12, to delete "or by affidavit" and substitute "by affidavit or otherwise".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 152: In page 66, to delete lines 16 and 17 and substitute the following: “(a) a company, (b) an EEA company within the meaning of Part 21 of the Act of 2014, (c) a public body, or (d) engaged principally in non-commercial activities or works.".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 155: In page 66, line 27, after “the” to insert the following: "occupation of the part of the maritime area the subject of the application for the purposes of the undertaking of the".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 157: In page 67, line 1, after "whether" to insert ", in the opinion of the Minister,".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 158: In page 67, line 3, after "whether" to insert ", in the opinion of the Minister,".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 159: In page 67, lines 4 and 5, to delete "UNCLOS and the Act of 2006" and substitute "the Convention and the Act of 2021".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 161: In page 67, line 18, after “practicable” to insert “to do so”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 163: In page 69, lines 7 and 8, to delete “UNCLOS and the Act of 2006” and substitute “the Convention and the Act of 2021”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Amendment No. 164 proposes to remove section 80(2), which provides that a MAC cannot be renewed. This provision serves an important function in protecting the State’s long-term interests in the property subject of the MAC. A new application would enable a new assessment in the context of the performance of the holder under the existing MAC and allow MARA the opportunity to update the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The MARA has the power to amend it. The power is taken away from Ministers through MARA.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Section 83 sets out the material amendments to a MAC and the procedures around it. So they can apply to have it amended and MARA can then adjudicate on it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: To amend it. That is the procedure for an alteration to a MAC.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 166: In page In page 69, to delete line 36 and substitute the following: “(e) the purposes for which the MAC has been granted,”. Amendment No. 166 changes the statutory notice relating to the grant of a MAC. It replaces the text of section 81(e) “the nature of the maritime usage the subject of the MAC” to “the purposes for which...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Suggestions were to be published, let us say it was 2 m of slipway.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The information is published. The Deputy has said that publishing on a website is not good enough so has he another idea?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: We can take that on board and the Deputy can mention that on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I fully appreciate that. As someone who is on the ground, I can fully appreciate how these decisions can get people very frustrated very quickly. We are doing all that we can to ensure that this will be a transparent regime. I am interested in hearing the views of the Deputy.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The public engagement process that we will have stitched in will give better value towards the maritime area and the work that is developed out there. Hopefully, it will avoid communities being blindsided in the future.