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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, on amendments Nos. 364 and 372. Lest the impression ever be given that I do not welcome anything the Government does, these are two helpful amendments.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Unfortunately, despite their high quality, the Chair will be withdrawing them.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I just wish to say they are welcome. I am sure the Minister of State and his officials are aware, this committee held hearings and published a report in 2022 when we looked at this. I have two or three questions on this. This refers to "derelict land or sites". For clarity, does "sites" include property and not only refer to unused land? That would be helpful.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Second, when we considered this matter in the committee, we heard a really good presentation from an academic in UCD who spoke at length about the Scottish model. The reason I raise this is that two things they seem to do particularly well in Scotland are that they not only have an accurate database of the number of vacant properties, but they also have a very good categorisation system so...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: We are all looking at it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: One of the important recommendations our committee made to the Minister was the idea of creating a single national platform to integrate, compile and effectively organise existing and future data on vacancy and dereliction. The challenge at the moment is that some local authorities have decent data sets and some do not. There is no consistency. When the Minister of State gives the update,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Chair and the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Deputy Boyd Barrett for spotting such an important issue that I simply had not spotted in these two sections. I will give a bit of background because this issue has become a bit of a hobby-horse of mine. There is a widespread view in political and media circles that monotenure housing - having large numbers of working-class people living in the same place - is not good housing...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I agree.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: To be very clear, I am not against Part V. I will take every additional social and affordable -----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Let me make the point so we are very clear. I will take every additional social and affordable housing unit that can be provided. I would make two points on Part V. Part V should be in addition to large volumes of local authority social housing and affordable housing output. When Part V was introduced, that is not what it was. It was instead of that because the State had dramatically...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: And Deputy Duffy - apologies - and the Chairman. We will have all had these representations where an approved housing body is going in to turnkey in what was initially meant to be a private development for 20, 50 or 100 homes. The residents of the neighbouring estate take exception to this – they are entitled to have their views – and write to us to say it will mean 50% of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 355: In page 102, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “(d) ensures the distinct needs of any relevant Gaeltacht community or Irish Language Network within the functional area of the development plan, to preserve and support the use of Irish therein and the viability of Irish as the spoken community language, are respected when distributing,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 356: In page 102, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(iv) each Gaeltacht Language Planning Area;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 357: In page 102, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(ii) the use of Irish and viability of any relevant Gaeltacht community within the functional area of the development plan, including the distinct housing needs to sustain and grow the number of Irish speakers within that community, and the implementation of any language plan agreed...