Results 3,441-3,460 of 8,016 for speaker:Peter Burke
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: On the application by a local authority for the nearshore or foreshore area, technically it could be both. With regard to different plans coming forward, we want to challenge agencies in the spirit of coexistence in our maritime area. It will be up to the relevant Minister to adjudicate on whether to permit the DMAP to go forward. Outside of the local authority system, a DMAP has to be...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: By the Oireachtas. Essentially, the Minister, as the competent authority, would adjudicate on the request where other agencies come forward. It is good to challenge agencies in terms of their competence in that spirit of coexistence in our maritime area. I think I have answered all of the questions.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: Once the Bill is enacted, the process of accepting proposals can start in theory.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: The Minister would have to adjudicate on the matter.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: Yes. They would have to be consistent with the shared vision of the national marine planning framework.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: Technically, it could.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: They could potentially come together.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: Absolutely.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: There would have to be one agency or body that would lead the process and to collaborate and coexist with the other bodies that have a shared interest in that particular area. The Minister would have to make a determination as to the body that would lead the process.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: I will do my best. I have a note that does a fair amount of work in explaining it. I will read it, if I may.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: Non-commercial agencies that are under the aegis of a Minister are public bodies for this purpose.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: I ask the Deputy to repeat the question.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: An agency or body cannot be singularly focused. It would have to go through all of the policies contained in the national marine planning framework. To develop a DMAP no agency or body can operate with a singular focus.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: It comes back to the Oireachtas as well.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: Yes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: They would become part of the MSPs. They do not sit underneath it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: Yes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: I will do my best. I will read the information I have on it. The Bill is to establish an updated marine spatial planning toolkit that will now include DMAP procedures. Step one is the enactment. As is the case elsewhere in the EU, national plans come first, followed by sub-national planning which may take many forms. Under the legislation, it is envisaged that over time there will be an...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: No. It is not the Government's intention. It is unlikely, but it is possible.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)
Peter Burke: No. We do not see it as a race. We see it as bodies that have to coexist in our maritime area and trying to achieve the best for it. All those bodies have to go through the rigorous and robust thresholds contained in the NMPF regarding all those areas. The Minister will have to make a determination on that, as will the Oireachtas, subsequently. There are significant safety catches in any...