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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: To be very clear, I am not against Part V. I will take every additional social and affordable -----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Let me make the point so we are very clear. I will take every additional social and affordable housing unit that can be provided. I would make two points on Part V. Part V should be in addition to large volumes of local authority social housing and affordable housing output. When Part V was introduced, that is not what it was. It was instead of that because the State had dramatically...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: And Deputy Duffy - apologies - and the Chairman. We will have all had these representations where an approved housing body is going in to turnkey in what was initially meant to be a private development for 20, 50 or 100 homes. The residents of the neighbouring estate take exception to this – they are entitled to have their views – and write to us to say it will mean 50% of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 355: In page 102, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “(d) ensures the distinct needs of any relevant Gaeltacht community or Irish Language Network within the functional area of the development plan, to preserve and support the use of Irish therein and the viability of Irish as the spoken community language, are respected when distributing,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 356: In page 102, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(iv) each Gaeltacht Language Planning Area;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 357: In page 102, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(ii) the use of Irish and viability of any relevant Gaeltacht community within the functional area of the development plan, including the distinct housing needs to sustain and grow the number of Irish speakers within that community, and the implementation of any language plan agreed...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 360: In page 102, line 35, after “facilities,” to insert “Irish language facilities,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 361: In page 102, line 35, after “facilities,” to insert “cultural spaces,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 362: In page 102, line 35, after “facilities,” to insert “night venues,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have two quick questions on this section. Section 44(3)(b)(vi) refers to "the number of housing units permitted under existing permissions but not yet built and the expected timeframe within which those units will be completed". My first question relates to how it is supposed to be established what the expected timeframe is. My second question concerns section 44(5). I wonder if could...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Section 44(5) states that, "Nothing in paragraphs (b) and (f) of subsection (3), subsection (4) or section 222 or 230 shall prevent any land zoned for residential use or a mix of residential and other uses being developed exclusively for housing of the types referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (6) of section 219". I would like the Minister of State to explain to me what this...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: This will happen through discussions with the developer.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I presume, for example, that if in the previous five years 50% of permissions were activated, a local authority could make an assumption to say, well-----