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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Does Deputy O'Callaghan wish to add to that?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State. I had queried why amendment No. 1042 was included in this grouping for discussion. Have members made a submission on local authority fees as well? I wonder if this is why the amendment is included. I know that I did. I wonder why it is not grouped with that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Quite possibly. Does Deputy O'Callaghan wish to come back in.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: The Minister of State has responded. He is not of the mind to take this amendment as set out. I believe we could actually improve this by including local authority fees as well because a lot goes into local authority work in that regard that is not reflected in the €34 fee for an extension or whatever.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, and his official for their attendance this morning.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan. We will continue the Committee Stage of the Planning and Development Bill 2023. We will resume on amendment No. 46, which is in my name. I will vacate the Chair to move my amendment and ask Deputy O'Callaghan to take the Chair momentarily.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I move amendment No. 46: In page 39, line 17, after “goods” to insert “or services”. My amendment seeks to add the words “or services” to section 7(b)(i) which reads “placing or keeping of vans, tents or other objects (whether or not moveable and whether or not collapsible) for the purpose of caravanning, camping, habitation or selling...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: We will deal with Deputy O'Callaghan's amendment first, and will then get clarification on the section.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 54 is in the names of Deputies Ó Broin and O'Callaghan. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, for his time. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, to the committee to continue Committee Stage of the Bill.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 63 in the names of Deputies Ó Broin and O'Callaghan remains in this grouping. I also need to speak to my three amendments.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I suggest that the Deputy do so and then he or Deputy O'Callaghan can take the Chair.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Does Deputy O'Callaghan wish to speak to this amendment?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy McAuliffe will be withdrawing both because the Minister of State indicated he would consider the matter for Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 52 is to page 41. When we draft a Private Members’ Bill, most of us now realise that it is not likely to proceed right the way to the end and we are always looking for an opportunity to hook something from a Private Member’s Bill onto a Government Bill as it goes through the House. I have a Private Members’ Bill that has passed Second Stage and our...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Having spoken to people who work in enforcement, I envisage a scenario whereby there could be an unauthorised structure and it could be within the six-year period, or whatever it is, for a local authority to take enforcement on it, or it could have gone beyond that and it could still be an unauthorised structure, if someone is going to carry out works to that structure, those works should not...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I welcome everybody back as we continue our Committee Stage consideration of the Planning and Development Bill 2023.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State for his response, in which he touched on several things. Much of our planning system is good. It comes in for a great deal of criticism, but there is a lot to our planning system that is good. One of the extremely good aspects is that it is very participative at all stages, from the people we elect to adopt and craft our plans at every level to the ability for...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I ask Deputy O'Callaghan to take the Chair.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I just want to speak briefly on amendment No. 605. I welcome the fact we will return to this amendment because it is quite significant for planning. It is slightly open ended in the way it is written at the minute. I would have concerns about that. When strategies were introduced into development plans, to me, it was a progressive step with regard to forward planning because we introduced...