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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials. We are going to start where we finished, which was on amendment No. 204. It is grouped with amendments Nos. 306, 331 and 769 and they have already been discussed. Deputy O'Callaghan wanted to come back in on those. We will then move to amendment No. 331, which is on a separate matter.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Ó Broin and Deputy O'Callaghan, do you want to come back in briefly on this? The Minister of State has said he will not accept these amendments. I want to stick to the amendments, if we could, rather than discussing the expert review on the Traveller issue.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Okay, but we have discussed these amendments backwards and forwards and I understand the Minister of State is not accepting them. Deputy Ó Broin and then Deputy O'Callaghan, please.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Yes. I was going to suggest we get that written response issued to you because-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy O'Callaghan, you have a question to ask the Minister of State on this too.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Perhaps the Minister of State will be able to provide the information to Deputy O'Callaghan on how much Traveller-specific accommodation we are providing under section 179A. Is that what the question was?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Under section 179A.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: I ask Deputy O'Callaghan to speak on amendment No. 331.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: I ask the Deputy to speak to the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Boyd Barrett. After that rationale put forward by the members, is the Minister of State going to accept the proposed amendment? If he wishes to respond now, I can then move on.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: The Minister of State is not accepting the amendment but I will give Deputy O'Callaghan a brief opportunity to try to change his mind

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Somebody could be the Minister and could actually do it themselves.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Deputy. I will move on because I think the Minister of State responded to all of those comments. I do not think there are any questions.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: The Minister of State can come back in finally but then I will move on.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State. I will go back-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: That is fine. We can deal with that when we deal with the land value sharing and urban development zones Bill.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 207, 318, 321, 323, 324, 327 to 329, inclusive, 344, 346, 349, 361, 362, 377, 378, 382 to 384, inclusive, 392 and 624 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. I call on Deputy Ó Broin to move amendment No. 207. He may then speak to his amendments in whatever order he sees as logical.