Results 3,101-3,120 of 14,941 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: I welcome the Minister and thank the Minister of State. In regard to amendment No. 132, section 19 sets out the core criteria for consideration in the development of a national planning framework and section 19(2)(e) will require the NPF to provide for land-sea interactions and secure co-ordination with the national marine planning framework. The amendment will strengthen that in two ways....
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: Amendment No. 148 relates to Section 19(3)(d), which lists the environmental, archaeological and heritage considerations of the NPF. The list is kind of sparse; it speaks of landscape ecology, biodiversity, archaeology, architecture and natural heritage. Our amendment proposes to expand that to add the following: the conservation of the environment and its amenities, as the Minister has...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: We have had the substantive debate, so I am going to ask just one question. I am aware that the Minister was present listening to the dialogue. Given that he is the lead Minister and is undertaking the lead review of the NPF, the HNDA and the targets underpinning his own housing plan, I am interested in hearing whether he has anything to add on the timeframe related to the census. Could he...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, but I am interested in hearing the Minister's view on it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: I have two very small points. I am not going to repeat anything and am not looking for the Minister's reply. All I ask is that he do two things when considering the matter. In fairness, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, made it very clear that a review can happen at any time, but I believe that if there is something significant in a census, there should be some provision for less...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: That was discussed earlier.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: I will be very brief because Deputy O'Callaghan has set it out very well. I was actually surprised by this and thought it was just an accidental omission or error. Indeed, I presume it is such and am quite hopeful, therefore, that the Minister will accept the amendment. If it is a deliberate change, I am really interested to know the rationale for it for all of the reasons Deputy...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: I have a question. I am looking at the list of prescribed bodies. Can the Minister imagine a review of the NPF that would not consult prescribed bodies, given who they are? Can he imagine any set of circumstances where they would not be consulted?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: I have not finished the question.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: It would be quicker without the interruptions from the Minister. I am looking at the list here. It is a very short list. They all have very significant interests in an NPF review. Obviously, you cannot list every organisation and, therefore, you will need that general provision. Given that there will not be an NPF review that will not consult these bodies, why not name them? There is...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: You did not.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: They are already prescribed. They are different from the-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: That is not the proposal. The proposal is not to list them here. The amendment does not list them.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: I have no more questions but I think that is bizarre.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: Chair, I am aware of the time.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: It makes no sense.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: It makes an exclusion possible, if the Minister chooses not to do this.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: Chair, you are on the wrong day.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: We will reconvene tomorrow at 10 a.m. here to continue. You are a week ahead of yourself.