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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will come back to that question with the next round of amendments. I would like one clarification, however. The Minister of State indicated that there will be engagement with stakeholders. Where in section 7 or elsewhere in the Bill is that set out? Who are those stakeholders and how is that determined?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That means the process is at the discretion of the Minister up until the screening.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am talking about the position up to that point. Screening is a separate process.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Some guidelines are mandatory and some are not. Is that what the Minister of State is saying?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not being awkward in the slightest; we are genuinely trying to scrutinise this issue. However, it is important not only that members of the committee understand this but also that it is on the public record. I do not mind if we go into private session but it would be helpful, when we resume in public session, for the Minister of State to further clarify the matter because the public...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 50: In page 24, line 30, to delete “the Minister” and substitute “the maritime planning policy statement”. Can I ask a simple and straight question on amendments Nos. 50 and 51?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I see the Minister of State has left without his officials. Why do the two sections of the Bill talk about the Minister rather than the maritime planning policy? If the Minister of State is able to give a convincing response, I will be happy to withdraw the amendments.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sure. I should have asked that question in the last discussion.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: So this refers to those ministerial guidelines.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does it only refer to those, or does it refer to those and the planning policy statement?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 52: In page 24, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “(5) The Minister shall always conduct a public consultation on the making of guidelines, or any amendment to, or revocation of guidelines under this section.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 53: In page 24, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “(5) The Minister shall ensure any new guidelines, revocation or amendment of guidelines made under this section, shall first be subject to a screening determination for both Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment, and such assessments shall be conducted where the screening...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The amendments do not just speak to the guidelines. They also talk about revocation or amendment too. Would that also be the case?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The amendments speak not only to guidelines, but if there are amendments to guidelines or directives, would they also be subject to SEA screening?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: If there are guidelines and it went through a screening process, that is fine.