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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I intend to spend about 20 minutes on this, in terms of questions and answers back and forth.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (27 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the method the Revenue Commissioners use for calculating yearly interest rates on local property tax; the reason behind fluctuating rates; if the Revenue Commissioners are required to inform homeowners of increasing or decreasing interest rates each year; the way for homeowners to challenge increased interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 631. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update for people in receipt of the special leave with pay scheme who are not able to return to work; if the scheme will be replaced with an alternative scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9327/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (27 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 669. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the work of the stakeholder group working on the control of dogs; when the group will next meet; whether additional recommendations have been put forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9325/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has plans to introduce an apprenticeship for tiling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8459/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I had one final question on that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: In the context of amendment No. 605, I am interested in balanced regional development and making sure we get the right housing types in the right locations. Could this impact national objectives in that area? To give an example, I refer to a situation where the housing growth targets are aligned with areas where we want to see development taking place and where we want to see housing being...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister continually used the term "sole reason", but the amendment does not say that. The wording the Minister is proposing is not that clear or confined. The amendment does not reflect what he said. Should is not be tightened up?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will follow up on some of the points raised there. Yesterday, the Minister was telling us that if the infrastructure is not in place, planning permission can be refused if this passes. Deputy Matthews was making the point that infrastructure is not just water and wastewater infrastructure. It is also about what is needed to support communities to thrive, including things like school...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: My second question is that given that overzoning took place, particularly in some of the counties that surround Dublin, is there a risk with this amendment that with that amount of zoned land - and Deputy Matthews outlined how a lot of it is still zones where there was overzoning - it runs the risk of housing being built out in the further to reach areas first where costs are lower and not...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Fair enough but it is relevant to this, which is why I raised it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: As Deputy McAuliffe is not here, he cannot ask questions about his amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I do not expect the Minister to be able to respond.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Sure, yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: On amendment No. 723, I will raise the issue that there is a finding of the Aarhus Convention compliance committee against Ireland in extension of durations under section 42, given failure to provide for public participation. In terms of all of Chapter 5 and indeed Part 4, I have concerns around Aarhus Convention compliance.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: There we go. We are on Deputy McAuliffe's amendment.