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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am surprised that amendment No. 187 is in this grouping rather than a later one. I will not question the Bills Office but this amendment is on a separate matter. It relates to section 23, which is on national planning statements, on which we will have a discussion later. One of the key issues that arose during pre-legislative scrutiny was that national planning statements are very...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a few points and questions in response. This amendment is much more substantive than just dealing with the issue of Oireachtas approval.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I learned a long time ago never to question the logic of the Bills Office as it always has some reason. This amendment is not just about Oireachtas approval. The Minister is absolutely right. We had a lengthy and detailed discussion on that specific point. Therefore, that is not really the point I want to focus on because the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, made the Government's...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is worth considering. Obviously, others would have a different view. The Minister mentioned the sustainable development density guidelines. I think they are a good section 28 guideline. Tll refer to the key point here. There was a lot of discussion with the Department, with architects from the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and developers, etc. This committee played no...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will make a final point. It is relevant to the Minister's reply. The section 28 guidelines on building heights is a good case in point. As the Minister will be aware, what happened there is there was a desire by the Government centrally, and the Government is entitled to do this, to essentially remove building heights from development plans and section 28 mandatory ministerial...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: We may have been given an answer, but do we know?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Do the officials know the answer?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the section 28 ministerial guidelines legislation was introduced in January 2016, 30-something is not a huge number. Were the Minister to make the case that it would be too onerous, and maybe he is right,I would be open to having a position, not unlike EU scrutiny, where when a section 28 guideline in draft is published, the committee could be asked whether this was something it wanted...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sure.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is a huge difference between having something in the NPF, which is a legally binding, statutory plan, and having something in section 219. The Minister knows, as we do, some local authorities have good housing action plans while others are patchy. If he wants to ensure consistency, standardisation and compliance, the best way to do it is put it in the NPF. Sections 19 to 22,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 173: In page 63, to delete all words from and including “(1)” in line 29 down to and including line 30 and substitute the following: “(1) In carrying out a review under section 20, the Government shall have regard to such plans or documents as it considers appropriate, and to assist the identification and determination of appropriate and current...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 174: In page 63, line 33, after “prescribed.” to insert the following: “Such prescribed documents shall include at least information on the following: (a)current information on current and projected population and demographics, including on net-migration and inward migration, coastal and flood related retreats, and climate refugees; (b)the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 175: In page 64, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(g) language planning.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 176: In page 64, line 8, to delete “of the Government” and substitute “of the Oireachtas”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 177: In page 64, line 9, to delete “ “National Planning Statement” ” and substitute “ “Ráiteas Pleanála Náisiunta” ”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 179: In page 64, line 15, to delete “ “National Planning Policy Guidance” ” and substitute “ “Treoraíocht Polasaí Pleanála Náisiúnta” ”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 180: In page 64, line 16, to delete “of the Government” and substitute “of the Oireachtas”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 181: In page 64, to delete lines 18 to 29 and substitute the following: “(3) When the Minister proposes to issue, amend or revoke a National Planning Statement, the Minister shall consult with the relevant Joint Oireachtas Committee on the draft National Planning Statement and give due consideration to any recommendations it makes in respect of the draft....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not seeking to reopen the substantive discussion we had before on some of the process issues, but I will address the issue of revocation. This does not just deal with the setting or amending of the statements. We have had that discussion in terms of process. There is also the issue I raised in respect of their revocation. It seems to be a remarkably easy procedure for a new Minister...