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Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: During the debate on Seanad amendments Nos. 1 to 18, the first grouping, the Deputy asked a question about reclaimed land and the maritime area. I did not respond to him, but it is covered by one of the questions he has just asked. All the amendment in question will do is bring reclaimed land under the definition of "land". What I was saying about masts, which I think most people will...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I will come back in there. Before I respond to Deputy Matthews, I commend him on his role as Chairperson of the Oireachtas joint committee, specifically in respect of this Bill and the manner in which Committee Stage was carried out, but not just that, given there have been other significant items of legislation for which he has chaired the committee. We have managed to get through the...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Seanad amendment No. 19 amends section 9 to provide that where the Minister proposes exempted development regulations that are likely to affect the performance of a State authority, the Minister shall consult that State authority before making the regulations. The text as currently written has this as a discretionary consultation, however it is appropriate that any such consultation be...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Deputies who have contributed. I will not go over the old points but will address some of the issues. I completely reject Deputy Connolly's remarks. In no way, shape or form are we taking anyone out of the planning process. Third-party observations are totally and utterly respected, and rightly so. Normal people, residents' associations and environmental groups do...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not true.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not true.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: If the Deputy lets me, I can answer that.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I will answer it again.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: We are not.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: That is fine.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: For reasons stated right through every hour of the debate and in every section of the Bill and every amendment we tabled. Fundamentally, we need a planning system and planning legislation that support the needs of our people. If you go outside this House and say to any normal person on the street the word "planning", the first word most will come back with is "delays". What do delays do?...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Deputies. I will endeavour to answer as many of the questions as were put forward on this grouping - amendments Nos. 1 to 18, inclusive - as I possibly can. At the outset, and for the record of the House, this charge that this legislation is in any way, shape or form rushed is completely and utterly incorrect.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I will give the timeline. In September 2021-----

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I did not interrupt the Deputies once. They will get their time and come back. In September 2021, there was a 15-month comprehensive review of the Planning and Development Act. This was asked for by the Government of the Office of the Attorney General. We are talking nearly three years on that. In December 2021, the planning advisory forum was established. It was made up of over 30 key...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Deputy Boyd Barrett does not have to speak to this grouping.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Chair? Deputy Healy-Rae deserves to be heard.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Just on this group of amendments.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Seanad amendments Nos. 1 and 2 relate to section 1, which sets out the Short Title and a standard technical provision providing for the commencement of the Bill. Amendment No. 1 moves the collective citation relating to the Residential Tenancies Act from Part 24 to Part 1 in order that all collective citations are contained together in section 1. This increases clarity for the reader. ...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: That is fine.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I will do that. As I said, there are five proposed amendments to amendment No. 2. Amendments Nos. 1, 5, 6 and 7 to amendment No. 2, tabled by Deputies Ó Broin and Gould, seek to insert new subsections into section 1 of the Bill relating to proposed new reporting requirements. They propose that the Minister should report on the Bill's compliance with the Aarhus Convention before...