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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 549: In page 159, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(V) any language plans agreed in accordance with the Gaeltacht Act 2012 relevant to a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area, Gaeltacht Service Town or Irish Language Network within the functional area to which the development plan relates,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have two technical questions on the section. Section 71(7) states: A planning authority may at any time amend or revoke an urban area plan or a priority area plan made by the authority and this Chapter shall apply to the amendment or revocation of any such plan as it applies to the [plan] making. When I read that initially, I thought about the process, how this will be done and what...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: And-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: With any of these plans, there is obviously a process by which they are developed and agreed in a democratic manner. Will it be the case that the chief executive will propose the revocation and that this proposal will be voted on by the elected members? There is much detail in the section regarding the production and agreement of these plans, but not a whole lot on revocation. I accept...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Including revocation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State might address the use of the phrase "such other matters" in section 71(9).

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Am I right in thinking that subsection (9) is more of a general provision for something that might not yet be apparent at the time we are doing the national policy statements and that might emerge at a later stage?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is almost like a safety net rather than something explicit.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 551: In page 160, line 39, after “Gaeltachta,” to insert “Foras na Gaeilge, the Minister responsible for the Gaeltacht, Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga, and any relevant Language Planning Officer,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have eight question on this section. I will rattle through them. A number are straightforward. Section 72(2)(a) states, "the chief executive of the planning authority shall consult the members of the planning authority or, in the case of a priority area plan where a sub-committee has been appointed under subsection (3)". Who decides the make-up of the subsection? Again, is that to be-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely. I apologise.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: In terms of how the planning authority will decide the size and composition of the sub-committee, will that be set down in a national planning policy statement or regulations or will it be left to local authorities to decide?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: They will have discretion to decide how many members will serve on the sub-committees, etc.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will it be a sub-committee of a local area committee or a municipal district committee?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: If the plan deals with a geographical area, such as one or two local electoral areas, LEAs, will the sub-committee be comprised of members of those areas?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Having established that, my question is still the same. We have sub-committees of Oireachtas committees and sub-committees of the Dáil. Of what is this a sub-committee? Is it a sub-committee of the council or of the lower tier committees?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay. My next question is on section 72(5), which deals with plan-making. We had a lengthy debate on the national planning framework in which we fought tooth and nail, but I do not think we won, in regard to the language around who should be consulted. The language used in subsection (5) is a little more inclusive than in that case. I am noting this because if the Minister of State...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: My point was more specifically that subsection (5)(a)(viii) uses slightly more inclusive language than what has gone before. I might move on and press the point by way of another example. Section 72(6) is very interesting.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I welcome that. I am making the same point in noting that I really like some of the language in subsections (6) and (7). Again, this relates back to the discussions we had about more inclusive public participation. Subsection (6)(d) provides that "written submissions received before the expiry of the period specified in the notice, will be taken into consideration before the making of the...