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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----many of those. Yes. I agree absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Since that framework was originally approved, all sorts of things have changed, which includes climate action plans, legally binding emissions reduction targets, changes to EU law, the Aarhus Convention, not to mention the complexity of planning and building control, etc. How reasonable is it, given the increasing level of complexity of planning and environmental decision-making, to go back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I can pick up on that, if I may, in the next round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will pick up on Ms Buckley's point because there is something worse than a bad "No" and that is a bad "Yes". That leads to all sorts of problems. I have very rarely, if ever, heard a member of the public wanting this process to be fast-tracked. The only people who have ever talked about speeding the process up are some politicians and some lobbyists. What most people want, including...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will Mr. Cussen not dodge my political question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Maybe if more Oireachtas Members knew the detail of that, the Office of the Planning Regulator would get less of a hard time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: That also was not approved by the Oireachtas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Although that is a practice, it is not required from a legislative point of view.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Setting laws and political interference are two separate things, but I take the point.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to extending the HAP scheme to the sponsor prior to the arrival of the family in relation to cases of family reunification; if so, if there is an outcome regarding the consideration; and, if not, if this is something his Department will consider. [9499/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of new build SHIP construction social housing units by local authority for 2020, 2021 and 2022. [9753/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (28 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason his Department chose not to follow the NPWS recommendation (details supplied) to prosecute the Office of Public Works under Regulations 51(2)(b) and 51 (2)(d) and 65 of the Birds and Habitats Regulation 2011 in his November 2020 Case Report for the Wilful disturbance to bats, and their breed and resting places, at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority social housing capital funding applications funded through the SHIP programme in 2021 and 2022, that have been approved within the 59-week timeframe. [9824/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved housing body capital funding applications funded through the capital assistance scheme that have been approved within the 75-week target since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9825/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (28 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the €70 million Housing Agency revolving fund; what has been agreed as terms of reference in terms of the review of this revolving fund; and the timeline for the review to be completed. [9826/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (28 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the review of CALF funding scheme for approved housing bodies, as promised in Housing for All, to be concluded by the 3rd quarter 2022; if he is aware of any impact of this delay on the progress of existing CALF applications; the engagement there has been with officials in the Department of Public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank everybody for the presentations. At the end of our last session with the Irish Planning Institute and the town planners of Ireland, we heard some strong testimony on their organisations’ views of what they saw was the lack of engagement and consultation during the planning forum. I ask both organisations to what extent they found that process satisfactory and to what extent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Some of the other organisations that presented to us have informed us that they are making subsequent submissions to the Department. First of all, can the panel let me know if their organisations are doing that and if they would be in a position to share those submissions with the committee during the course of the pre-legislative scrutiny?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Chair. I will come in on the next round, if that is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am going to continue this conversation. We will get to Part 9 of the Bill in the next hour. Part 3, and chapter 3, in particular, and how it relates to some of the expedited procedures is very important. For many of us, especially those of us who dealt with the legislation on SHDs and had to deal with the outworking of the mandatory ministerial guidelines on building heights and design...