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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: I will wait to hear the Minister of State's responses, if that is okay.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: With respect to the Minister of State's response to amendments Nos. 401 and 402, if adding further complexity to the planning process was a reason to not put something in the Bill, very large sections of this Bill would not see the light of day given the very significant level of complexity they are adding to the system, whether one can say that is a good idea or not. I therefore just do not...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: This refers to places, caves, sites, features and other objects of archaeological, geological-----

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Let me ponder that for a moment and then I will come back to the Minister of State, depending on what others say. I would like to hear more on amendments Nos. 401 to 403, inclusive.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, and amendment No. 403.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I offer one final challenge, to make the effort. Paragraph (b) uses the phrase "in particular the protection of trees, groups of trees or other features", so the word "protection" does not just apply to trees but to groups of trees or other features. It is not just a protection order for a tree.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: What I do not understand is that, according the Minister of State's logic, one would just put a full stop after the words "Biodiversity Plan" because the EU biodiversity strategy-----

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

Eoin Ó Broin: If we take the Minister of State's argument to the logical conclusion, one would just put a full stop after "National Biodiversity Plan" because he is essentially arguing that biodiversity in accordance with the EU biodiversity strategy and the national biodiversity plan covers it. What he is not explaining is why "trees" and "groups of trees" are explicitly named while everything else is...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: We should nominate a charity and have a box for donations so every time a Minister or Minister of State uses "added complexity", "to strike a balance" or "to avoid unintended consequences"-----

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I would be quite happy to, so long as it is a good charity.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister or Minister of State has to put a euro in. I am more than happy to follow suit and put a euro in for every one of my nominated phrases. There is a serious point to my flippancy, which is that very often when an argument appears weak, the phrase "unintended consequences" is then used. The unintended consequences apply as much to trees as to hedgerows. I am not looking for a...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I remain unconvinced.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Sure. I thank the Minister of State.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State should read the note.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: That seems sensible enough.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: It is being pressed.

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. 404: In page 108, line 11, after “2014” to insert “or the Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023”.

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. 407: In page 108, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “(g) historical sites,”.

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. 408: In page 108, line 18, after “places,” to insert “battlesites,”.