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

Steven Matthews: Government amendment No. 364 is next. It is about regeneration and activation, dereliction and vacancy and so forth.

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

Steven Matthews: I just think that amendments Nos. 365 and 367 are similar to the Government amendment No. 364.

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

Steven Matthews: I will be withdrawing amendments Nos. 365 and 367 on that basis. The matter is covered by Government amendment No. 364.

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

Steven Matthews: Deputy Ó Broin wishes to contribute on one of those four amendments.

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

Steven Matthews: The Deputy could welcome amendments Nos. 365 and 367 as well.

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

Steven Matthews: The Minister of State has covered them. It appears we were thinking along the same lines.

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

Steven Matthews: I suggest that we discuss amendments Nos. 370 and 381 together. Deputy Boyd Barrett, this relates to the deletion of a subsection of two sections.

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

Steven Matthews: I think that makes sense. Deputy Boyd Barrett, do you wish to speak to these?

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

Steven Matthews: We have gone through that in quite some detail. The last thing I ask the Minister of State is in regard to amendment No. 484 in the name of Deputy McAuliffe. Will the Minister of State read the note? We have fulfilled the-----

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

Steven Matthews: How stands amendment No. 353?

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

Steven Matthews: I will now suspend the meeting until 1 p.m. when we will meet back in this room. We will then meet until 4 p.m. and that will conclude our meetings for this week. I thank the Minister of State Deputy O'Donnell for his attendance here this morning.

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

Steven Matthews: I welcome everybody back to our consideration of Committee Stage of the Planning and Development Bill 2023. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell. We will resume where we finished before lunch. We are on section 46 and amendment No. 382 in the name of Deputy Ó Broin, which has already been discussed.

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

Steven Matthews: We have to let Deputy O'Donoghue leave the room. I move now to amendment No. 388.

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

Steven Matthews: Following the very positive response of the Minister of State on amendment No. 389, which is in my name, I will not move the amendment.