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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: We have gone over time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: We are on the clock and more people want to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: Go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: The Deputy has raised an important point in stating that MABS should be fully resourced to deal with this in the event that these issues continue. I have a few questions. On the public consultation, it should be noted that public participation and attendance feature in all stages of county development plan sessions in local authority chambers and in submissions, and access is available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: I am conscious that we must defend public participation in the planning process. Can local authorities make requests as regards the decision to set the extended timeframes for statutory processes in the planning process? The Government will decide on extending statutory timeframes. However, if many of the planners in a local authority came down with Covid, as in a situation that was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: On the substitute consent, it appears we are raising the bar in the process of applying for substitute consent. Can people participate in the public participation at either stage without having to participate in it at one stage, like a planning application, and then going to the board? Can they come in-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: It is raising the bar in terms of the exceptionality, the leave to apply and the judgment but it is not changing the criteria that would be applied.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: Okay. I am clear on that. I am short on time so I call Deputy Murnane O'Connor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: I can let Deputies Higgins and Ó Broin in for 30 seconds each.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: Unfortunately that is the timing on it. We are very tied for time now also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: That is okay but with Covid regulations we must not sit any longer-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Department officials for agreeing to meet and consult with the committee. We are all tied by time constraints. I apologise to Deputy Ó Broin for having to end the meeting. Perhaps we could write to the officials to get some written replies to some of the questions we did not get to put to the Department today.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (9 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the existing post office network is viable; and his plans to increase State funding to the service or to engage with representatives from the sector to discuss their ongoing concerns. [42284/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: 181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the steps being taken to ensure family contact for prisoners continues during all levels of the Covid-19 plan. [42286/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (9 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: 182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to concerns recently reported by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. [42287/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: I will probably have a question for Mr. Godfrey as well. The Eircode postcodes are rolled out on a quarterly basis or they are supposed to be, I believe there is some delay with that. Eir suggested when I put the question to them, that a roll-out of Eircode postcodes on a monthly basis would assist them. Would it be the view of ComReg that increasing the frequency of rolling out Eircode...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: Can ComReg make that recommendation to service providers that they should provide that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: We would appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: Could Mr. Godfrey offer that as a recommendation as well?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Data (15 Dec 2020)

Steven Matthews: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if plastic processed through pyrolysis infrastructure will be considered as recycled plastic for the purposes of national statistics collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43136/20]