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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: This is new.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: All applications for ten or more houses will include a phasing plan.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does the Minister not think the not-for-profit wording would be useful here as an addition?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Absolutely, I understand that. My question is on whether everything that is applicable to this is set out on page 303 of the new Bill or if there have also been circulars from the Department or the Minister on issues relating to phasing.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a very brief comment. I am of the view that phasing, which could be used to achieve good outcomes, is being underutilised. I appreciate that there are probably issues around that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It includes surface water abstraction.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That means the decision must be taken on the retrospective consent first but the decision on both the applications would be issued at the same time. Is that right?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is simultaneous.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is all in one process.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: These are important amendments. When the Minister was in opposition, he talked a lot about use-it-or-lose-it measures. It was one of his big catchphrases or slogans. However, we do not see strong use-it-or-lose-it measures in this Bill. We might get a response to that. If the planning permissions that were granted were all built in a timely manner, our housing situation would be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: We moved into these amendments to facilitate Deputies Bacik and Boyd Barrett but I have a fair bit to get into concerning the other amendments in this group.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Okay. The Minister might just tell us the timescale and timeframe in that regard because it is related to this Bill. In terms of commencement, I do wish to talk about this a bit more, although I might leave the discussion until we are dealing with other amendments. In respect of Deputy Bacik's amendments here, the Minister asked about large-scale projects, such as MetroLink, for example....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am sure the Minister will be aware that something like MetroLink would be covered under section 164(3)(b) because a project of that kind would surely be a Chapter 4 application or development. In terms of Deputy Bacik's amendments, therefore, they do not interfere with those sorts of large-scale projects. Turning to section 164(3)(a), it does not specify. I refer to where it is...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister mentioned it first.