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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: I have no problem with that.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I promise not to use the gavel on Deputy Matthews.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the Minister of State discussing amendment No. 729?

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Amendment No. 726 is in this grouping.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Could the Minister of State include amendment No. 729 because it is related?

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

Eoin Ó Broin: My concern with these, particularly the move away from substantial works to commencement, is that in trying to create certainty, and I appreciate that it is a case of who gets to decide what is and is not substantial, the Minister has gone too far on the other end to the extent that getting a commencement notice does not require any work to have been started. The applicant has been given...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I accept that unless the meaning of substantial works is defined, there is a problem. Who gets to decide? I accept that there needs to be a much clearer definition. From what the Minister has said in speaking to his amendments, it seems that "commence" means simply having received a commencement notice. No actual work could have commenced. If I am interpreting the Minister of State's...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State is on section 135-----

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the Minister of State on section 135(4)? Which part of that section is the he referring to?

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Before the Minister goes to the amendment, which part of section 135(3) is he referring to?

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not in the same place as the Minister of State.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: It is section 135 then.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: It refers to such documents or information as may be prescribed. Amendment No. 726 states "after “permission” to insert “, provided that the development to which the permission relates has commenced".

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of a build for a school (details supplied); if a contractor has been appointed; if a timeline is available for the commencement and completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13669/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the key factor for determining the level of staffing resources for a school is based on enrolments on the previous 30 September 2024 given children can and do enrol in schools throughout the school year; and if this will be taken under review in light of the impact it is having on teaching allocations for schools that have currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding for pupils in special classes for the summer programme has been reduced from €60 per pupil in 2022 to €45 in 2023 and €30 in 2024, and what evidence was used to inform this 50% cut. [14374/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the process of planning, construction and delivery of major projects for schools, including the typical timeframes for each stage of the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14375/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans to increase capacity at primary school level in the Dublin 22 area to meet demand in the coming years. [14712/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 584. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline all pathways through which adult women's football teams can access funding from her Department; and the dates on which the next rounds for applications for available programmes will open. [15188/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to explain the delay in publishing and introducing the Marine Protected Areas Bill, and to set out the impact this delay will have on the development of offshore wind energy projects. [13950/24]