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Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 36: In page 64, line 25, to delete “two” and substitute “three”.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 37: In page 64, lines 34 to 38, to delete all words from and including “Not” in line 34 down to and including line 38 and substitute the following: “Subject to subsections (2)and (4), the MARA shall, not later than 30 June in each year, prepare and adopt, and submit to the Minister, a report in writing (in this section referred to as the...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: This amendment effectively seeks to restrict significantly the scope of activities that can be considered for a maritime area consent, MAC, in a specific zone and, in so doing, to control development in the maritime area. It is important to remember a MAC is merely a right to occupy a part of the maritime area, conditional on securing other necessary approvals. It is not a permission to...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: To address Deputy Boyd Barrett, the technology is not there right now to put wind farms out where the Deputy wants to see them. That is the challenge we have. There is a significant depth drop-off on the east coast, so wind farms can go out only so far. I think the North Sea basin is very different from the Atlantic basin. I heard Deputy Boyd Barrett mention Germany and other countries on...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: Correct.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I go back to previous points I made. There is a rigorous system in place for a requirement for appropriate assessments and strategic environmental assessments within our planning system. As I said in the statement I made on the policy on mineral exploration, there is nothing scheduled to date. Everything is open to review, but is supported by a rigorous planning system. I can give...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 38: In page 68, line 29, to delete "prescribed" and substitute "specified". These are minor technical amendments to ensure consistency in the text of the Bill. Amendments Nos. 38, 40 and 47 replace the word "prescribed" with the word "specified" in relation to fees for MACs and licences to better reflect the interpretations in section 2 of the Bill. The purpose and...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: They have different legal meanings.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The terms "prescribed" and "specified" are used in different contexts. I apologise for not being able to elaborate more.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 39: In page 69, to delete line 19 and substitute the following: "(b) MAC applications, (c) applications under section 86(5), or".

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 40: In page 75, line 3, to delete "prescribed" and substitute "specified".

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 41: In page 83, to delete lines 8 to 15 and substitute the following: "(6) (a) The holder of a MAC to which section 75(1) applies shall, not later than three months before undertaking any development the subject of such permission and which is for the purposes of the maritime usage the subject of the MAC, make an application under section 86(1) to amend the MAC by way...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I was fairly clear in my comment. I do not think what Deputy Boyd Barrett has spoken about is the case. We believe it is sufficient that the application to amend the MAC by attaching a rehabilitation schedule is made not later than three months before commencement. This is to cover smaller developments that may well be ready within six months of the grant of permission. There is no...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The Deputy referred to flipping a MAC. You cannot flip a MAC, unless perhaps it is a Big Mac. MACs are attached to the individual, so they stick with the individual applicant.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: That is correct.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: This group of amendments seeks to amend the various judicial review procedures set out in this Bill. I state from the outset that I will not be accepting any of these amendments as the provisions have been developed in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General and I am happy with them as they stand. I will touch on the substance of these amendments. Amendment No. 44 seeks to...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I reiterate that we do not accept this is an environmental decision. We cannot accept what this amendment proposes, namely, that the MAC is an environmental decision. There is also the issue of organisations that might set themselves up just for one month, which, again, we cannot accept. Many environmental organisations have been operating for a long time, for example, the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Road Network (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The Narrow Water Bridge is a cross-border project led by Louth County Council and supported by the Shared Island Fund, which as the Deputy will know is designed to fund strategic north-south projects that implement the commitments and objectives on Shared Island set out in the Programme for Government.  The bridge will connect Cornamucklagh near Omeath, Co Louth with Narrow Water near...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (2 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir as an gceist seo. We spoke about this earlier this morning as we came into Leinster House and it is something about which both of us feel very strongly and passionately. Senator Boyhan is correct in saying that it is critically important that members of the public have an ability to participate in our planning system and to feel that they have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (2 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: In summary, again, I agree wholeheartedly with the Senator on this matter. We see how strongly members of the public and communities feel about environmental and planning issues when we see them out on the streets protesting against a planning decision or a particular development. That is an important part of our democratic system. Equal to that, they have to have parity to be able to...