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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: If an operator were to run a kilometre of overhead cable and then reached a town, he or she might underground it because it is preferable aesthetically, and then continue 500 m down the road at the other end of that town. Would this in any way create situations where the operator or the applicant might just decide to run it all overhead because it is the one licence application?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: I ask the Minister of State to take that on board and ensure good guidance is given in order that, wherever possible-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: That is grand. In general, the fees that are charged for planning applications rarely, if ever, cover the workload that is involved for local authority planners. That is something that is going to have to be looked at and we should consider it in the future given we are talking about a reduction in fees. Am I correct in saying this will apply to everything, not just projects related to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will leave it at that as that has answered my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: We will move on to the second Fine Gael slot. I will move on to the second Sinn Féin slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: Yes, go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Senator Dolan. I will move on to the second Sinn Féin slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State. We will move on to the second independent slot. Is it Deputy O'Donoghue? Senator Boyhan had another committee meeting to attend. I will move on to the second Green Party slot. A question has just occurred to me. This licensing applies to new networks for them being put in. Does a licence need to be applied for where a pole is being replaced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: What occurred to me was that there is probably a new standard or maybe a standard that is being enforced now where when you place something on a pavement, it has to be recessed back a certain distance from the kerbside. It is to allow for vehicle sweep or vehicle overhang. Previously, that standard was not there or was not enforced. Many poles will have to be replaced as part of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will move on now. The two final slots are a Fianna Fáil slot and a Fine Gael slot. We have covered most of it. I am not sure whether anyone wants to come in on either of those two.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Flaherty. That concludes our consideration of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021. I thank the Minister of State and his officials for their attendance, for answering our questions and for the briefing document that was provided. I also thank the members to attending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage has completed its consideration of the following motion: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: Thank you Deputy McAuliffe for the reminder. Senator Barry Ward is substituting for Senator Cummins, Senator Lisa Chambers is substituting for Senator Fitzpatrick and Deputy Ó Murchú is substituting for Deputy Gould. I welcome them to the committee this afternoon. I invite the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: We are well over time on this slot. As the Deputy says, it is something we deal with quite a lot in the transport and communications committee, on which he and I sit. I will allow the Minister of State to come in briefly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: We will deal with scrutiny of EU legislative proposals: Schedule B, COM (2020) 8, COM (2020) 220, COM (2020) 221, and COM (2020) 654, having been considered by the committee, do not warrant further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: The committee is meeting today to begin pre-legislative scrutiny on the general scheme of the affordable housing Bill 2020. We are joined remotely by officials from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I welcome Mr. Barry Quinlan, assistant secretary of the housing, affordability and homelessness division. From the capital infrastructure and affordability unit I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will ask Mr. Nicholson to come back in at a later stage to answer those questions for Deputy Ó Broin. We are out of time and I am going to move to Senator Cummins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Quinlan. We are just out of time on that slot. Is it Deputy O'Donoghue or Senator Boyhan who is next? Will the Deputy please identify himself and confirm that he is within Leinster House? I cannot see him on the screen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will bring in Senator Boyhan, and if Deputy O'Donoghue can make his way to the confines of Leinster House, then I can bring him in on the next round. I invite Senator Boyhan to go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: We are out of time on that slot but we can return to it.