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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: From my point of view, it is about ensuring that all tenures are included.

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. 486: In page 130, line 15, 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 move amendment No. 495: In page 135, line 35, after "inspection" to insert "in both official languages". I am surprised this amendment was not ruled out of order along with some of the preceding amendments. I will press it.

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. 497: In page 136, line 6, 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 a technical question on this section. The section relates to variations affecting settlement-specific objectives in an urban area or priority area plan. I do not understand why this section is separate from section 56. Is there a reason it is a stand-alone section? What is the import of its provisions being separate as opposed to being included in the general terms of the preceding...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: To be clear, even though section 57 deals with what is also a variation to a development plan, because it would affect settlement-specific objectives in an urban area or priority area plan, it deserves a separate section.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: That makes complete sense.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: This section deals with public rights of way. It appears to be a weakening of the current provisions requiring lists of public rights of way to be included in development plans as an automatic procedure. Will the Minister clarify what is different in section 58 from the current procedure for dealing with public rights of way in the existing Act? Depending on his response, I might have a...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: My query is about what appears to be a weakening of the current provisions, notwithstanding the broader point the Minister makes. My understanding of the current procedure is that there is an obligation that there has to be a published list of rights of way in the development plan. This makes the publication or the inclusion of that list and individual rights within that list more...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise, but to which section of the current Act does the Minister refer?

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I will have a quick look.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise but could I have 30 seconds to check it? Did the Minister say section 14?

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

Eoin Ó Broin: It might be in section 14(5)(b) of the Act: "Where a development plan has been made under section 12 and the Court, having considered an appeal under subsection (4), decides that the public right of way exists, the proposed provision under this section shall be", but no, that is not it either.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Rather than delaying further, I might return to this on Report Stage. I will have a further look at it.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I accept that, although interestingly there was some recent public commentary about the difficulty the board has in retaining staff. While additional sanction has been provided, the board has not filled all of those positions. My question, however, is slightly different. Section 59(1) states: "Where the Minister issues or amends a National Planning Statement, each planning authority shall,...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a final comment separate to my overall objection to this section, which I will not repeat because we already discussed it. I wish to put the following on record. About half of the new planning staff the board has employed are coming from local authorities, which means that even with the additional sanctions for local authorities, they are not getting the same net increase they would...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: To be clear, is the Minister saying that currently when section 28 guidelines are issued, a planning authority has to report within two months in the same way as is required? I ask because this seems to be a new procedure.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: The reporting procedure within two months does not exist at present.

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. 503: In page 143, between lines 22 and 23, 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.”