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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: 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,”.

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. 409: In page 108, line 19, after “historical,” to insert “cultural, mythological,”.

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. 410: In page 108, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(k) areas subject to Special Amenity Area Orders and the identification of areas where such orders would be beneficial for the community or biodiversity objectives".

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. 412: In page 108, between lines 25 and 26, and insert the following: “(l) the integrity of a site, area, monument, structure, place, landscape or feature described within this subsection within its surrounding context,”.

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. 413: In page 108, between lines 25 and 26, and insert the following: “(l) public access to a site, area, monument, structure, place, landscape or feature described within this subsection, including rights of way,”.

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. 419: In page 109, line 33, after “riverbank” to insert “, monument”.

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. 421: In page 109, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(h) regulating, restricting, expediting, controlling or promoting the use of any land or structure, in particular in a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area, Gaeltacht Service Town or Irish Language Network for the purpose of providing residential housing to Irish speakers or to grow the use 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. 423: In page 110, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(iii) all Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas, Gaeltacht Service Towns or Irish Language Networks within the functional area of the development plan,”.