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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: They are in different sections but the principle is the same.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: As they are my amendments, I will have to step out of the Chair to cover those.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I will speak to my amendments Nos. 417, 418, 422 and 427. These are the only amendments in the group I have not spoken to yet so I will try to cover the four of them now, if that is helpful. Amendment No. 417 may have been referenced by the Minister and it refers to a development management statement including objectives for a range of things. I seek to insert a new paragraph (h), which...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I take the Minister's point. I remember being advised never to draw a line on the map because there will be a row when putting the line on the map, and a row when it has to be taken out again. We have considerable investment in active travel links. We are seeing a lot of it being constructed throughout the country. The linkage, those bits and pieces in between, will be the next challenge....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: To clarify in regard to amendment No. 422, I am talking about non-contentious or proven rights of way that are established.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: To clarify, in the current Act, is the local authority obliged to include this?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Can we check that, because I do not want a weakening of language because rights of way are contentious?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: We should be very specific on those that are not contentious.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: The Minister needs to look at that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I want to clarify, the current Act obliges-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I have finished speaking.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: It is currently a "shall", is it not?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I do not want a weakening of that but I understand why rights of way are an issue. I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Deputy. Does the Minister have anything to add? No, and I take his response as being positive but we will have a look at it before Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 126 has been discussed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 130, 155, 301, 320, 376, 473, 474, 510, 564, 575, 577, 580, 651, 654, 655, 659, 662, 688, 708, 717, 739 to 743, inclusive, 746, 752, 754, 755, 765, 813, 836, 857, 878 to 880, inclusive, 912, 964, 972, 973, 975 to 978, inclusive, 1028 to 1035, inclusive, 1096, 1097, 1140 and 1184 are related and will be discussed together. This is quite a long grouping and I intend for us to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Does the Minister wish to respond?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: There was very good discussion on this with the Irish Green Building Council. This is not the place for policy discussion here. We must discuss the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: We have discussed it. Members made good points. The Minister said he is not accepting it. We have to move on now. Does the Minister wish to deal with amendments Nos. 115, 301 and 320. Are they quite technical, straightforward amendments? They are grouped but I do not know if they are all relevant.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: We dealt with that.