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- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: I wish to speak to amendment No. 129, so Deputy O'Callaghan is going to step in.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 129 relates to the national planning framework and section 19. It is adds to section 19(1) where it states: "The Government shall prepare and publish a document to be known as the National Planning Framework." My suggested amendment adds, "which should be adopted by a resolution of the Oireachtas". The reason I tabled this is that all of our planning documents, from the...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: I call Deputy Ó Broin.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: I do not expect we will. We will continue the discussion. We are due to finish at 8.15 p.m.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: I do not really want to get into a debate between members.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: On that note, it is just after 8.15 p.m. and we agreed to finish at 8.15 p.m. I will adjourn the select committee until 10.30 a.m. tomorrow. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, and the officials for their engagement.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: I welcome everybody back to the continuing Committee Stage of the Planning and Development Bill 2023. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, and his officials. Yesterday we adjourned while discussing a grouping associated with amendment No. 44 - amendments Nos. 44, 45, 129, 171, 176, 180, 189, 190, 525, 526 and 1042. The Minister has spoken to these and indicated he will not be...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: I ask Deputy O'Callaghan to clarify what the 2000 Act says. It refers to "draft" SEAs rather than to the final published document, does it not?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: Okay, so that is prior to the final publication. It is done as part of the process rather than after the final stage.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: I want to ask for some clarity on this as well. Amendment No. 129 suggests that the national planning framework be adopted by resolution of the Houses. If that were to be accepted, it would apply to national planning framework reviews going into the future but not the current national planning framework review taking place at present. Bearing in mind what Deputy O'Callaghan said about what...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: I will bring in Deputy Ó Broin.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: I am just looking for some clarity on the point Deputy O'Callaghan raised. Based on what he read out, according to section 20C of the 2000 Act, a draft is presented to the Oireachtas. A draft will have had a considerable amount of review work put into it. It is a partially completed document whereas what we are now proposing is that the preparation of all of that supporting documentation...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: Okay. That is grand. I just wanted to clarify what Deputy O'Callaghan said. I can see the advantages of what he said but I can also see the disadvantages in that it is a prepared document into which the Oireachtas has not had input.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: That is what is there at the moment. I just wanted to clarify-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: I can see how it happens earlier because there is engagement earlier in the process of preparing the plan whereas, under the 2000 Act, a draft is already prepared and is then presented. I can see the pros and cons to this. It is just important to clarify.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: We will have to move on because the Minister of State has been quite clear. Amendments No. 176 and 180 are quite related in that they substitute "of the Oireachtas" for "of the Government". Has this been discussed enough?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 525 is based on the same principle. I note it is a different matter; it is a variation. However, it is the same principle of replacing "Government" with "Oireachtas".
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)
Steven Matthews: Okay.