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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Has the Deputy covered enough? Amendment No. 161 concerns the change from two years to one year.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Great. Amendment No. 166 may now be discussed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy, please finish your question and then I will go to Deputy O'Callaghan.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I call Deputy Boyd Barrett, who will be followed by Deputy Ó Callaghan.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Yes, I will finish the discussion on amendment No. 166.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I know the Deputies are not satisfied and they believe this should be included. We can deal with that when we come to disposing of amendment No. 166. We have completed our discussion of the amendment. I propose that we commence our discussions on amendment No. 168 when we reconvene. We had agreed to finish the meeting at 5 p.m. I will adjourn the select committee until 9 a.m. on...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I am on the wrong week, am I? Am I in the right building?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Okay. We will reconvene tomorrow at 10 a.m. to resume our discussion of the Bill.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Great. I look forward to it, as I am sure everyone else does too. I thank the Minister and his officials.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the emergency works grant application for a school (details supplied); if this application will be expedited to reflect genuine safety concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10605/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: 463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to recently naturalised Irish citizens being prevented from registering to vote due to delays in receiving their certificates of naturalisation; if she is concerned about this barrier to participation in the democratic process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11224/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: 776. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of HSE funding for the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme (UMAAP) currently delivered by an organisation (details supplied); if he is concerned of the impact this will have for those that rely on this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10768/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I propose that amendment No. 161, in the names of Deputies Ó Broin, Gould, Ó Snodaigh and McAuliffe, and amendment No. 162, in the name of Deputy McAuliffe, be discussed together. We have covered them to some extent.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I am trying to read the explanatory note, the amendment and the Bill. There is reference to where a section of road has had a reduction in the speed limit applied. Is there a definition of "built-up area"? The term is referenced in the explanatory document. It is described as a "build-up area" but I presume that is meant to be a "built-up area". How do we define a "built-up area"?

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

Steven Matthews: Let me get settled down there and I will try to go through them one by one. Will somebody please take the Chair? It would be very helpful.

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

Steven Matthews: I will not delve into it too much because we covered a lot of it in detail.

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

Steven Matthews: It is great to be able to sit down and talk to this because I was dying to get involved in that conversation. Going back to the IPCC report, all of the reporting on climate is that we need an immediate, rapid and concerted effort from all angles to address climate, without a shadow of a doubt. It is the reason I am here - we need to address climate. When I hear things like, "We will do...

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

Steven Matthews: I am dealing with amendments Nos. 601 and 602.

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

Steven Matthews: I suggest the reference to the climate Act in section 83(1)(a)(x) and (b)(x) be removed. The reason I suggest deleting it is because the introductory headline to the section again has this thing about having regard. I had two amendments, one of which was to change that language to strengthen it so that we do not just have regard to the climate Act but that we be consistent with the climate...

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

Steven Matthews: If we have "consistent" with the climate Act, I am happy to leave that in, but because it says "regard"-----