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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Regarding Mr. Flynn's point and the idea that, at various levels of courts, there could be some level of specialism or subdivision or list, a little bit like county councillors, Deputies and Ministers, does that give you a potential pipeline if people are already specialising at a Circuit Court level, albeit in a more limited scope? How would you conceive of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: To add to the Chair's point, before responding to the question, it is not just the transitional mechanisms we have not seen yet. There are other areas. For example, the Department is considering whether or not to add into this Bill the land value sharing tax, urban development zones, other areas of planning-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Exactly, as well as the legal aid regime, as I call it. It is not even that there are aspects of this Bill as we have it that are not certain. There are also significant other aspects. One could be looking at another 50 to 100 pages of the Bill and how they interact with the bits we have dealt with. There are multiple layers of uncertainty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: One of the central areas of litigation has been with regard to conflicts between the section 28 ministerial guidelines and development plans. Sections 22 and 23 of the draft Bill, particularly section 22, set out their intention in this regard. When we interrogated the Department, it emerged that the process by which an existing section 28 guideline may become a national planning policy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: We might need six hours for that meeting.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Let us have the figures.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Taoiseach could answer the question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: We cannot handle rising homelessness.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: More votes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: What will be the consequence of that level of confusion between the different sections of the Bill in planning applications and decisions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Regarding the development plan because we will be talking about the ministerial guidelines and the policy statements, how does Mr. Mandal see that interacting with the development plan as outlined in the Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is a question, I suppose, about understanding rules because on some occasions the issue is, whether one agrees or disagrees, for example, with quality bus corridors and we can have a separate debate on that, but central government policy constrains what a development plan can or cannot do. I know this from my own experience where I have tabled amendments to a development plan at an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: One of the conversations we are having on another Bill is around the co-creation of marine protected areas, where there has been a very useful discussion on that. The idea, in fact, came from one of the witnesses, Tasman Crowe, one of the country’s leading marine biologists who has played a key role in bringing different sectors together in developing a strategy for protecting our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Chair for that.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a service operated by a company that previously worked in collaboration with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to reports that users of the service who do not wish to continue with a new paid, private subscription have requested their original...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on progress towards complying with section two of the Glasgow Statement on International Public Support for the Clean Energy Transition to end new direct public support for the international unabated fossil-fuel energy sector within one year of signing this statement. [11141/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the amount of direct public support for the international unabated fossil fuel energy sector for each of the years 2019 to 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11142/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to table a proposal for the OECD meeting in Paris on 6-9 March to enact restrictions on oil and gas export finance under the OECD Arrangement of Officially Supported Export Credits, in line with the Government's commitment to section 3 of the Glasgow Statement on International Public Support for the Clean Energy Transition. [11143/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any flexibility in relation to grant awards, particularly adaptation grants, given the increase in construction inflation; and, if not, if consideration will be given to providing flexibility. [11161/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (7 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the Traveller Accommodation Expert Review, if his Department intends to act on a recommendation (details supplied) provided in the report. [11316/23]