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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 71 to 74, inclusive, are related and may be taken together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Boyd Barrett has two amendments in this grouping as well, amendments Nos. 72 and 73. I invite him to speak on those.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: I invite the Minister of State to respond on amendments Nos. 71 to 74, inclusive.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Sorry. I cannot have members speaking across other members. Raise your hands and speak through the Chair, please. I also ask members to stick directly to the amendment before us as much as possible. We have a lot to get through. Sorry, Deputy Gould. Please continue.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Flaherty is indicating. I will let him in as he has not spoken yet. Deputy Boyd Barrett, is that a hand up again to speak on this?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Sorry, Deputy Boyd Barrett. I will let you back in briefly - this will be your third time in on this point - but I will go to Deputy Flaherty first. He had his hand up first. Then we will go the Minister of State and then to Deputy Ó Broin to press the amendment if he so wishes. We really need to stick to the points before us, members. I really would appreciate your co-operation on that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Boyd Barrett, I ask you to be as brief and as direct as possible, please, and then I will go to the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Boyd Barrett, you have made that point and I do not want to get into repetitive arguments. I also do not want to get back into political to-and-fro between members of the committee. I will ask the Minister of State to respond to some of the comments that were made and to try to answer some of those questions and then ask Deputy Ó Broin to press the amendment if he so wishes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: I welcome committee members and the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Malcolm Noonan. We will recommence with amendment No. 106. Amendments Nos. 106, 116 and 117 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 108 to 115, inclusive, are related are may be discussed together. Amendments Nos. 110 and 111 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 109.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 110, which we are also discussing, is in the names of Deputy Boyd Barrett and other Deputies. Is anyone from the group present to discuss it? I invite the Minister of State to respond to those amendments, including amendment No. 110.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 118 to 122, inclusive, will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 123, 124, 135 and 232 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 132 and 133 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 137 is in the name of Deputies Ó Broin and Gould. I invite them to speak on the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will just check the amendment groupings. It has possibly been discussed already. There is no indication in my notes that amendment No. 137 has been discussed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Do the Deputies wish to press the amendment?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: NEW SECTION

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 157 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 156, amendment No. 163 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 162, amendments Nos. 166 and 167 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 169, amendment No. 169 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 168 and amendment No. 175 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 174. I invite the Minister of State to speak to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: I did not see the order in which members raised a hand. I do not know if Deputy Ó Broin or Deputy O’Callaghan indicated first. They both have amendments to this section and I invite either of them to proceed.