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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: There would be pretty wide latitude for a local authority to stipulate the exceptional circumstances.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is my point. I do not know when the section was originally inserted into the Planning and Development Act. I presume it was not in the original 2000 Act; it came in at a later stage on foot of EU directives. Our planning system is inherently more complex than it was then. Obviously, we are moving to a stage where there is a greater level of development. Our local authority planning...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The term "exceptional" is not set out anywhere. It is done on a case-by-case basis.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is not set out anywhere. That is okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Was any consideration given to providing an additional period of time, post the four weeks, on receipt of additional information? Perhaps it would not be an additional eight weeks, but an additional four weeks. If not, why not?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Even if there were exceptional circumstances.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is a straightforward amendment that relates to the procedures for the review of the national planning framework under section 21. When I was reading that section of the Bill, it seemed there was no consideration of the possibility of transboundary consultations. This has come up on a number of occasions at this committee with respect to nuclear power plants in Britain and the need for...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The problem with the answer is section 21(2)(i) is far too restrictive in that it is departments or bodies in the North with responsibility for regional development. That does not include all sorts of other areas that would be integral to the national planning framework. Particularly if you think of the north west and the interconnectedness between Tyrone, Fermanagh, Derry, etc., and the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I think the Chairman does himself a disservice because the amendment is sensible, well crafted and is sufficiently open to allow the Government to decide what “respond to” would actually mean. I do not think the immediate implication of inserting this would be a requirement for an individual response to be posted to everybody. The way in which primary legislation works is it...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I can go back and have a look at them now but from memory, that is the way they are. Even if there was some way of clustering submissions together and dealing with their issues rather than referencing the submission reference numbers, etc., that could work. I am sure the officials can tell us how many submissions there were to the NPF last time. It was a very large number. There has to be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I think that is the third commitment the Minister of State has made in half an hour to come back to us on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: No, I am just noting it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Have we ground the Minister of State down? I suspect not. We will see on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, sure.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay. Amendment No. 173, in section 22, relates to the way in which the NPF review process deals with a variety of other plans, documents etc. I have two issues with the way in which section 22 is worded. Section 22(1) provides that in carrying out a review under section 20, the Government "may have regard to" such plans or documents as it considers appropriate. It is very different...