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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Is it therefore the case that when that final decision is being made, that is one of the criteria that will be considered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is okay. I have a large number of suggestions for the IIP but will not be able to go through them all in the time I have left. In regard to the extension of the local development plan from a six-year plan to a ten-year plan, could the IIP comment on that and on how that might provide more certainty? As the IIP has mentioned a need for a stronger review mechanism and a stronger...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is an important point and is one of the reasons each mandate of a council is a five-year term. I set a development plan in 2009 and 2010 and Dublin city was a very different place in 2020. Unless we made changes in 2016, it would not have been fit for purpose. Given that development plans have an impact even five or six years after they come into existence, that is a crucial point. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank all our witnesses for being here. There is an array of acronyms before us - CIF, IIP and PII. Wind Energy Ireland would be well advised not to shorten its name to an acronym. I acknowledge the submissions are useful at this stage of PLS because the slot for opening statements sometimes does not afford witnesses the time to make their full observations. It is inevitable in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Mr. Moran therefore think that requires a further amendment to the Maritime Area Planning Act or an extension within this legislation to those projects he referenced? What is the best mechanism he would recommend to ensure that the same timelines apply for both?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: This week, Dublin Bus announced it is back to pre-pandemic passenger levels. That places Ireland ahead of the international curve with places like the Netherlands and Canada still at 70%. There are, however, pressures on the system and both Dublin Bus and the private operators who appeared at the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications said they are having issues with recruitment...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I may have missed this issue being raised. It relates to No. 1687. Can I speak on this issue now?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 181. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason that a person who lodged a redress of wrong on 22 July 2021 has not received a reply, despite an obligation to have a reply within three months. [5581/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: With the proposed changes around development plans, what is the justification for those being on a ten-year basis rather than a five-year basis, and what are the benefits or the implications of that change?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: If I may focus on that, the development plan is one of the key powers that local councillors have. One would like to think that in each mandate or five-year term councillors would have an opportunity to have an impact on the shaping of the development plan. The concern would be that, given the two years of preparation involved and the ten-year life cycle, councillors will set plans in 2024,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Variations would no longer require two thirds of members but would require a resolution, which would be a majority of those present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: There is the additional safeguard of the Planning Regulator in the event that a local authority makes a decision that does not make good planning sense from that perspective or if unusual activity takes place with regard to rezonings and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Local area plans, LAPs, are in significant demand in Dublin city’s development area. I understand ten or 11 areas have been identified for LAPs. In reality, Dublin City Council does not have the resources to carry out 11 LAPs over the lifetime of the current five-year plan. Will Mr. Hogan outline what will replace an LAP and how it will benefit the process and perhaps meet some of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I have one final question. Mr. Hogan may disagree with my view that the strategic housing development, SHD, process was not successful. I welcome the restoration of the role of local authorities. Are we ensuring that lessons have been learned from the decision to remove the voices of communities from SHDs and that people are being given an opportunity to contribute, particularly in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I may be out of time but I will engage with Mr. Hogan again in the second round of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I note the comments made by the Chair regarding the issue of the planning notice being a matter for regulation. I am happy to explore that with the Department offline. Would the Department consider tabling an amendment which, similar to all the other issues we have discussed, is about trying to give people an opportunity to have an input at the earliest possible point? People are often not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Mr. Hogan. He has stumbled across the reason I ran aground in my Private Member's Bill on the issue and perhaps the reason I recommend the Department might take it up. I accept that complicated legal title or boundary issues can cause a problem. However, in the normal course of events, where the site notice might not be visible to a party immediately adjoining the property, it is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Like Deputy Verona Murphy, I await the documents that are being prepared for the Dáil next week. It is a serious matter and I would certainly want to have the full range of documents in front of me before I comment on it. However, there is one area in the reporting that I think is appropriate for this forum. That is the suggestion, and I want to be careful in how I phrase this - I...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is important to know. I do not know the source of either the quote or the documents. Perhaps they are exaggerating what was possible in the conversations with the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Was there a special arrangement for this particular one or was this something which was normal practice across other Departments and other notes?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Would one of the departmental officials like to comment?