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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Essentially, we are putting the information into a one-stop shop.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: That is exactly it. It is trying to have the best, most transparent process for the maritime jurisdiction, which we will all coexist in and use. That is a key point. We want to be as transparent as we can. This is new in terms of instructing bodies to make information available to the public in a one-stop-shop process. That is what we are trying to do. That is clearly contained within...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Yes. Any supporting data at all.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Submissions are one thing; lobbying is regulated under the lobbying legislation. It is a separate piece of legislation. We already referred to freedom of information and lobbying as coming under different legislation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Information leading to the decision-making process will all be contained in it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Every input in terms of the decision-making process will be included.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Lobbying is controlled under the Regulation of Lobbying Act. A lobbyist has the obligation-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: We are getting into semantics here. The lobbying legislation is very clear in terms of the obligation it places upon the lobbyist to comply with the legislation and publish details of what lobbying took place. That legislation is different from what we are dealing with here.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Absolutely. It is all in one place and that is the lobbying Act. I can see where the Deputies are coming from with regard to putting lobbying requirements in every piece of legislation. I have been through the Land Development Agency Act and other legislation. There is one piece of legislation that governs lobbying and the obligations of entities to comply with it. What we are doing here...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Every single thing that leads to a decision on an authorisation will be captured.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Our intention is to collect once and reuse many times. The idea is to make available everything we possibly can.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: This is the intention.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I accept that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I place value on the contributions the Deputies are making. I have been at pains to point this out.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 119: In page 42, to delete lines 3 and 4 and substitute the following: "(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations made under that subsection may specify the particulars of the relevant data to which the Database applies that are to be entered in the Database.".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 120: In page 42, line 5, to delete "regulations under subsection (2)" and substitute "regulations under subsection (1)to which subsection (2)applies".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 121: In page 43, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: "CHAPTER 9 Delegations". Amendments 121 to 123, inclusive, collectively provide for the potential delegation of certain functions under the State Property Act from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to MARA in relation to the sale of the maritime area. Such sales might be appropriate in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will remain the decision maker. MARA is carrying out the administration of the function. Existing provisions under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will remain in place and that Department will have the ultimate say on the disposal. We are not changing that. We are not giving the power to sell to MARA but the power to...