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Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: Many points have been raised this evening and while I will not stray into all of them, this is not to diminish the points that are probably more appropriate to another debate on rural regeneration, development and planning, and the town and village centre first concept. I will be happy to engage with Deputies on it. There is a strong and robust plan for that in the programme for Government....

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: Many Members have complained that the work is being done the day before the Christmas recess, as though we are not supposed to be working.I do not see what the point is.It is a day when the Dáil is sitting and rightly so, when we are working and of course we should.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: Most of us will be working right through to next week. I am not 100% sure what the point was that some Deputies were making. It is complex but important legislation and there is a suggestion that there is something wrong with it being introduced in December.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: I do not really understand the point and maybe those who made it can explain it later in the evening. Section 11(3) relates to the initial stage of the development plan review process. The stage is undertaken before a pre-draft or a draft plan has been prepared by the planning authority and can best be described as the stage when the initial relevant issues and topics are identified for...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: In the traditional public meeting format-----

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy is easily goaded. In the traditional meeting format, not everyone wishes to speak, unlike in here, and often those who do speak may seek to dominate the meeting with specific-interest issues only. Despite the intention of section 11(3)(b) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 being to focus on the strategic and not the specific - the Deputy pointed that out and he is correct -...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: I wish to make one point by way of clarification. Section 11(3)(b) of the 2000 Act will encourage any type of communication. It will certainly not preclude advertisements in newspapers or whatever methods will work in any given area. In fact, I would encourage that. The Deputy may not know my area in north County Dublin. There is a large rural area with several rural villages. It is a...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: I will address amendment No. 8, which is tabled jointly by Deputies Cian O’Callaghan and Ó Broin. The amendment seeks to replace the word “appropriate” with the word “essential" in section 3(2) of the Bill. This would amend section 3(2) of the Bill to specify that the Government may by order specify such period, in this section referred to as an "emergency...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 16: In page 5, lines 16 and 17, to delete "Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020" and substitute "Act of 2020".

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 17: In page 5, to delete lines 31 and 32.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 18: In page 5, line 36, to delete "Principal Act" and substitute "Act of 2000".

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 19: In page 6, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 177E of Act of 2000 4. Section 177E of the Act of 2000 is amended, in subsection (2), by— (a) the deletion of paragraph (g), and (b) the insertion of the following after paragraph (f): “(g) be received by the Board within the period specified in section...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: Previous documents will not be made available as per the advice of the Attorney General.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: To which amendment is the Deputy referring?

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: I just had to check the details. It is inherent in references in the drafting. We can issue further clarification on that and we will do so in writing.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 20: In page 6, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 177H of Act of 2000 5. Section 177H of the Act of 2000 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): “(1) Any person (other than the applicant for substitute consent) or a planning authority may make submissions or observations...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 21: In page 6, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 177K of Act of 2000 6. Section 177K of the Act of 2000 is amended by— (a) the substitution of the following subsection: “(1) Where an application is made to the Board for substitute consent in accordance with this Act and regulations under this Act—...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: Amendment No. 1 to Government amendment No. 21, as tabled by Deputy Ó Broin, seeks to insert provisions into section 177K(1D) which would require the board, in the case of applications pending before the board upon such commencement, to make the following available: all information considered by the board in making a decision to grant or refuse leave to apply for substitute consent under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Increases (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2020, to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants. Section 3 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 provides that those Acts apply to every dwelling the subject of a tenancy, subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge (16 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 and 129 together. Leagtar amach rúin mo Roinne i dtaca le seirbhísí a sholáthar trí Ghaeilge i gcúigiú Scéim Teanga na Roinne, a foilsíodh i mBealtaine i mbliana ar aon dul le hAcht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla. Tugtar léargas ginearálta sa Scéim ar an Roinn agus tugtar cuntas inti ar...