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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are no plans in place co-ordinating the different local authorities; that is the problem.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The amendment relates to section 16, on public inspection. That section states: Where this Part requires publication by the Office of the Planning Regulator, a regional assembly or a planning authority of a notice stating that any matter or thing is or will be made available for inspection by the public ... [where the time period is not specified in the legislation] the Office of the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Obviously, I disagree. I am not going to labour the point but wish to make three points. The first concerns the determination of what constitutes a holiday period. Ultimately, that would be a matter for regulation. General provisions could set out what the periods are, and that would be in the gift of the Minister. The problem with this section is that it deals precisely with those cases...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: One would like to ensure such people would adhere to the same high standards the current Minister has set for himself. Therefore, there needs to be some clarification regarding what "reasonable" means or a linking of "reasonable" to meaningful public participation. "Reasonable" could mean what is reasonable to the authority or what is reasonable to the person trying to engage. If the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Ramadan, for example.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Deputy should give us the quotation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Was that example on page 557?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister has asked for an example and I will give him one this committee is currently dealing with. There was huge concern from people who use the River Shannon and our canals with the public consultation. In fairness, it was the Minister's own colleague, Deputy Flaherty, and this committee, who created a political focus on it and played some part in forcing Waterways Ireland, albeit in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, we can take the two together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, these amendments are very straightforward and I am probably more interested in hearing the Minister's response. Amendment No. 419 relates to section 49 of the Bill under the heading "obligation to prepare objectives for management of areas, uses and structures." If we look down to section 49(2)(g), it talks about "preserving a specific public right of way, including a public right of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I welcome the fact that the Minister is willing to look at adding "monument", keeping in mind that this subsection relates to the preserving of specific public rights of way. It is not about opening up new ones but about ones that exist already.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister can think of all sorts of historic and archaeological monuments so I would welcome his Report Stage amendments on that if they come forward. I do not understand the refusal of amendment No. 429, notwithstanding the Report Stage amendments the Minister has spoken about previously. I can see no reason "linguistic" should not go in here, and in fact, it would probably complement...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It could be Ogham, Anglo-Norse, or anything that is of linguistic and historic significance.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is deliberately done so it is not overly prescriptive.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: On that, and I will come to this in more detail when we deal with the section, my understanding is that under the current Act there is an obligation for the local authority in the development plan to list those rights of way so that they are clearly identified. That goes in the legislation. While they may do it, there is a significant change in the Minister's Bill that weakens the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have two questions. Is this a new provision or is this just a transposition of the existing-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is it a new or an existing provision? Could the Minister set out the purpose of this section?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: What is the function of this section?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The minister talked about a case. For example, it could be a planning enforcement case or a judicial review which pertains to the plan in question.