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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sure. Absolutely. I ask that the Minister would consider one issue in his deliberations. He pointed to section 137(1)(a) and the provision "subject to such conditions (if any) as may be imposed under section 84". That would give the ability to attach additional conditions in a material alteration.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: That does not apply to non-material or to extensions to duration. Am I correct?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is that duration in all circumstances?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: That would mean conditions are applicable-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----if such a thing is deemed necessary. I must ask, so I am clear. Let us go back to the Bill's definition of "material" which is on page 264. Section 133(1) states that a material change is one that requires "an appropriate assessment, "an environmental impact assessment, or a Natura impact statement" in respect of the alteration or extension. Is it section 133(1)(d) that does that...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: So the Minister is saying that subsection (d)-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Just to be clear, is that subsection (d) saying that any request for an extension of duration would be seen as material-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay. That is just for clarity.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: For the purposes of clarification, given that lots of other timelines are set out in the legislation, why by regulation here and for what type of timelines? This is just out of interest more than anything else.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Apologies. I thought the Minister said in his previous comment that the change to "may be prescribed" would be by way of regulation. Is the Minister saying it is by regulation or by other sections of this Bill by way of primary legislation or both?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: So my question is still the same. For example, some of the statutory timelines, whether they apply to the commission or elsewhere, are actually set out in the legislation. I am trying to understand-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes. I am not arguing against it; my query is just for clarity.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I should say that I am not arguing against it yet.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Whereas with standard applications the timeline will be set out in statute, for material alterations they could be different times.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I presume there would be consultation with the board with respect to those timelines.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy Dillon is the fourth Minister of State since 2018 to stand up in the House and read out almost exactly the same script. It is an open secret, and this will be of value to Deputy Flaherty, that the guidelines have been ready and complete for at least two if not three Ministers of State, but for reasons of political controversy they are not being published. We will not see the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.