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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: A lot of ground was covered in those contributions. To respond to Senator Coffey, if there is social engineering in the Bill, it is based on the theory that developers will no longer be able to call the shots; if that is social engineering, I support it. We are restoring the balance with the community having more of an input and greater control over the development plan. I was really...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: We had a good discussion in the Department. We listened carefully and have made a change in response to their concerns.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Not at all. To respond to Senator Healy Eames on mental and emotional health issues, this is a planning and development Bill, not a health Bill. However, since 1 October 1964 the community's concerns have been enshrined. We have discussed that balance between the wider benefits to the community and the well-being of the individual. I think we are striking a balance and as the years go by,...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: She apportioned blame to officials and it is not fair to have put that on the record.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Maybe I misheard what she stated.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: If I did, I apologise to Senator Healy Eames. The Irish equivalent of laissez faire is "whatever you are having yourself". We have had too much of that and we need to think much more sharply about the problem. Senator Ó Brolcháin spoke of the connection between water contamination and planning. That is very real. In fairness, the then mayor of Galway took strong action.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: One may disagree with that, but I certainly believe that the mayor led the initiative to improve the quality of water in Galway at a challenging time. Senator O'Reilly spoke of little boxes on the hillside made of ticky-tacky. There is a green one and a pink one, and a blue one and a yellow one, and they all are made of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same. That resonates with...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: -----road safety and all those other issues that would come back to haunt Ministers in years to come. We have had a strong debate. We took on board a point about the two thirds majority that Senator Coffey stressed time and again. We have dealt with that. There are some fears about the Bill that I think will translate into pleasant surprise.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: This group of amendments provides a number of substantial amendments to the planning Bill, some of which were required to bring the national planning laws into compliance with EU law. The drafting of these complex amendments was not finalised in time for debate in this House but the legal proposals were outlined at that time to this House. Amendment No. 50 makes a number of amendments to...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: I assume it is amendment No. 98.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: If a quarry is perfectly legal, the issue of substitute consent does not arise.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Amendment No. 51 amends section 37A of the principal Act to afford an applicant the choice to make an application for a proposed strategic infrastructure development within a strategic development zone, SDZ, in accordance with section 37A or under section 34 of the principal Act. Amendments Nos. 73 to 75, inclusive, provide for technical amendments to sections 168 to 170, inclusive, of the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Two aspects occur to me in this regard. If there is an integrated pollution control licence, the conditions applying to that licence must be enforced. If there are planning conditions, it is up to the planning authority to enforce them. The issues of enforcement are of considerable concern to me and the Minister, Deputy Gormley. As the Senator will be aware, we are examining these issues...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Amendments Nos. 52 and 53 deal with extensions to planning permissions.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Group 8 addresses the issue of unfinished estates in more detail. This group deals with the extension of a permission, which can impose further conditions on the issue of the bond. A new provision has been added to the effect that a person who, on the day the section commences, is on an extension of permission can apply for a further extension and the planning authority may grant that where...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: These amendments build on the amendments to sections 48 and 49 of the principal Act. They are technical amendments.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: This group deals with judicial review procedures for planning and environmental matters. Amendment No. 56 applies the relevant recommendations of the 2004 Law Reform Commission report on judicial review procedures for planning and environmental consents, and amendment No. 57 gives effect to a particular point of the public participation directive and will comply with the judgment of the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: My understanding of the Planning and Development Act 2000 is that where land is dezoned, the elected members are not liable to compensation. However, several options are available if a planning authority is considering changes to its development plan. It can dezone the land or zone the land for a different use. Quite often officials can say the land is more appropriate for industrial use...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: These amendments deal with Part V of the planning Acts relating to taking in charge and housing supply provisions. Amendment No. 61 provides for an important change to section 96 of the principal Act. It will ensure the delivery options available under Part V, which deals with housing supply, will fully reflect the wider restructuring of the social housing investment programme. The shift...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: I am pleased to return to this House with the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, as amended by the Dáil. The Dáil amendments have been grouped into thematic areas and I propose to outline each group of amendments to the House. There are a significant number of amendments to the Bill. Some of them are substantial amendments but a number are technical amendments. I reassure...