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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: We are dealing with amendment Nos. 110 to 118. Amendment No. 110 is in Deputy McAuliffe's name. The Minister of State has spoken to it but I do not believe Deputy McAuliffe has.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: We will move to amendments Nos. 112 to 118, inclusive.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: It is amendments Nos. 112 to 116, inclusive. We have dealt with amendment Nos. 117 and 118. I spoke to my amendment No. 105.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Yes, please.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: We said we would have a bit of flexibility.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Let us draw a line under that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, and his officials. We will start where we finished yesterday a the large group associated with amendment No. 120. We have gone through all of the amendments in that group as far as amendment No. 168.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 170 is mine. I cannot move or speak to it from the Chair. I will ask the Minister if he will read the response to that and I will not speak to it at all.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Duffy for stepping into the Chair. I think we all become aware during our time here - some of us have been here a shorter time than others - that when drafting an amendment, it needs to be written in a careful manner because it becomes the law. When we discuss things in this room about amendments and insertions, although they are well intentioned and the thought behind them...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Is that covered in the legislation? Does it state that?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I accept that the submissions come in, they are gone through and they are assessed on whether they are relevant to the plan. Often submissions come in to a plan that are not relevant to that particular plan but are well intended. If we had somewhere in that process of public consultation a submissions period and then the production of a draft plan-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: -----we could also have, in between those processes, what we might call a "respond to" document which acknowledges and collates the submissions we have considered around that. It must be done anyway in order to create a draft document, so there must be such a document somewhere.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Has Deputy O'Callaghan spoken or does he want to come in on it?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Okay. The Minister of State responded to me and I am satisfied with that but Deputy Ó Broin may require a response.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Yes, I am sorry.