Results 7,321-7,340 of 9,814 for speaker:Steven Matthews

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Ó Broin may go ahead.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I agree, seeing as we are going to start that new grouping next. We will suspend for five minutes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I will bring in Deputy Ó Broin. Deputy Ó Snodaigh also indicated.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Are there other amendments we need to cover in this grouping or are members satisfied?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Please do.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I am fine. I was just not keeping track fully here but-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, and his officials to the committee this morning. Yesterday, we adjourned on amendment No. 8. There is a large grouping of amendments, so I invite the Minister of State to speak on amendment No. 8 and that grouping and then we will go to members for responses.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Welcome back to the select committee where we continue Committee Stage of the Planning and Development Bill 2023. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, to the committee. We were discussing a grouping containing amendment No. 18. Deputy Ó Broin wishes to speak an amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy O'Callaghan raised the issue with amendment No. 188. Is he okay with that?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 529 is in multiple names and all Deputies are present. I will ask those Deputies to speak about amendment No. 529 and the Minister of State may speak about amendment No. 500, although Deputy Cowen is not here to speak to it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I was going to ask the Minister to respond on amendment No. 500 and then put the question on amendment No. 2. We will then come back to amendment No. 3 after a break.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Are they on amendment No. 188 or on others?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: They are on the amendments to section 66. Then we will adjourn now.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Whoever is here can respond on amendment No. 500.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Yes. We will suspend and return at 6.09 p.m., which gives everybody an hour for a cup of tea and something to eat.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan. We will continue the Committee Stage of the Planning and Development Bill 2023. We were on section 2, amendment No. 2 as part of a grouping. We were discussing amendment No. 188 in that grouping and Deputy Cian O'Callaghan wished to come in on that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: It will be a long time before we get to vote on amendment No. 188.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I refer to clarification on the reserved function aspect. Was Deputy Ó Broin asking about that or did he get clarification?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Can the Minister of State come back with that?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I ask the Minister of State to respond on amendment No. 500. We have not touched on it yet. It is in the name of Deputy Cowen. We need to discuss it because it is in this grouping.