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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1123. In page 618, line 25, to delete “Office” and substitute “Oifig”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1124: In page 618, line 30, to delete “Office of the Planning Regulator” and substitute “Oifig an Rialaitheoir Pleanáil”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1125: In page 619, line 4, to delete “Planning Regulator” and substitute “Rialaitheoir Pleanáil”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1128: In page 624, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(f) the necessity of protecting the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Irish language and Gaeltacht communities and promoting the use of Irish and the viability of Irish as the spoken language of Gaeltacht areas, Gaeltacht Service Towns, and Irish Language Networks, supporting the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1129: In page 624, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(e) the material consistency of the plan or draft, variation or amendment thereof, with any language plan relating to the place agreed pursuant to Acht na Gaeltachta 2012;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1130: In page 625, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(c) any language plans agreed in accordance with the Gaeltacht Act 2012 relevant to a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area, Gaeltacht Service Town or Irish Language Network within the functional area of the development plan;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1133: In page 625, between 30 and 31, to insert the following: “(d) the role of such authorities, assemblies, and the Commission under this Act, in respect of supporting the implementation of language plans in Limistéir Phleanála Ghaeltachta, in Bailte Seirbhíse Gaeltachta and in Líonraí Gaeilge pursuant to Acht na Gaeltachta 2012,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1134: In page 628, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: “(h) Údarás na Gaeltachta;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1136: In page 632, line 26, to delete “director” and substitute “stiúrthóir”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1138: In page 633, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(e) becomes a member of the Board of Údarás na Gaeltachta,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1139: In page 634, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(d) becomes a member of the Board of Údarás na Gaeltachta,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have two questions on the section.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have two questions. The first is about section 169(2). It is a broad set of regulatory provisions. Is that just a crossover from the existing legislation or is there anything new there? With respect to 169(2)(i) and (ii), it is interesting that it talks about providing for the waiving or reduction of a fee to which subparagraph (i) refers-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes. It is at the very top of page 309. It talks about waiving or reducing fees. We had a very interesting discussion yesterday, particularly about waivers.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I presume that could be used in the context of waivers to ensure people on lower incomes, for example, would be able to participate and there would not be a bar. Is it for some other kind of waiver? Will the Minister just explain it?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Are any waivers currently in place or is it just a provision that has been there before?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: More specifically, section 169(2) is a list of all the various areas where regulations can be introduced in relation to the previous section. Is there anything specifically new in here?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It looks like it is all a carryover.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is a very important part of the legislation. There seems to be very little change, if any, in this section and Part of the Bill compared with what was there previously. If I am wrong, I ask the Minister of State to correct me, but it seems to be broadly a transposition. I am speaking specifically to amendment No. 895 but this is also supportive of the points Deputy O'Callaghan has...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am reading the definition of "house" on page 30 to try to cast my mind back. I will go back to my principal point and then follow up on Deputy O'Callaghan's amendment No. 897. I apologise for forcing the Minister of State to repeat himself a bit but I want to emphasise the point around the HNDA because this is a really significant thing. Section 219(4)(a) states that a housing strategy...