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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Bacik is next. I really do want to move on after these amendments because we have covered them-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank Minister. The last one in the group is amendment No. 1186.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I will let Deputy Ó Broin ask a supplementary question and then we might get a response.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: How do you remediate the hole in the ground? If it is an unauthorised development, it can be removed but there is something missing here. Is that what the Deputy is saying?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: You could not do that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I ask that the Minister get that note as as soon as possible.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 721, 722, 825, 828 to 835, inclusive, 838 to 843, inclusive, 845 to 849, inclusive, 870 to 876, inclusive, and 881 to 887, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Are there any questions? If there are not, I would be grateful if someone would swap into the Chair for me for my amendments but we will deal with the Minister of State's amendments first.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I would suggest that because of the complex nature of this and it might be easier for the officials to actually answer that question. We will need to do that in private session, Deputy Ó Broin.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: The committee will now go into private session.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I propose that Deputy Ó Broin take the Chair while I speak to my amendments. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: A number of these amendments have probably been addressed in the discussions we have had up to this point. I tabled some of these amendments to have the ability to get clarity on some issues. Amendment No. 825 refers to section 183. It refers to a screening report for appropriate assessment carried out by a planning authority. It is required to publish the notice and the determination. I...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: There is such thing as a report that would be done in order to inform the notice and the determination, would that be correct?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Sure. A landowner of an adjoining site could reasonably expect to get planning permission for something that is contained in the zoning objectives. Is that included under the term "other plan"? Such zoning objectives would be included in a local area plan, area action plans or that kind of thing.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Okay, fine. I am grateful for the clarity on that. Amendment No. 874 is in respect of exemption from assessment. This is an amendment to page 380 of the Bill, section 205(2). It is really just to get an understanding. This is an exemption from a requirement for assessment by the commission. I am wondering about the circumstances that would exist where there is an exemption for an...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Section 205(2) states that before deciding on the request, the commission shall invite the planning authority and also consider whether transboundary convention states should be informed about it. Is there any invitation to the public to be part of that? In what cases would the exemption be applicable?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Because it is in relation to some sort of emergency.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: My understanding is that the Article 2.4 the Minister of State referred to is for emergency measures.