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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Amy Fitzpatrick has been missing now for 15 years. Amy disappeared when she was just 15 years old while staying in the Costa del Sol. Her family is heartbroken, as any family would be. They just want to be able to find Amy, bring her home and lay her to rest. New evidence has emerged recently about a location where it is believed Amy's remains are buried. Despite this new evidence, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a meeting at 11 a.m. that I have to go to. I hope to be back afterwards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Deputy Ó Broin hopes to be back shortly as well. There is a lot more that we need to get through here. As far as I can tell, the Bill does not mention anything around areas of strict protection or the importance of carbon-rich habitats, although head 13 talks about facilitating climate adaptation. It does not mention acoustic monitoring networks and the importance of those. While...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Do those sorts of areas need to be explicitly mentioned in the Bill? Is that important?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: My question is whether it is important that that is explicitly mentioned in the Bill or whether it is fine that the Bill goes ahead as it is without mentioning these things. That is what I am asking the witnesses. I think we are all agreed on the importance of it, but does it need to be in the legislation? We are looking at the legislation and recommendations on it. Do we need to make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have to leave but I will be back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a few questions picking up on the point around head 7(5) and the list of potential marine protected area designations. There is a number of different criteria that the Minister shall consider. Some criteria say that the Minister shall "seek", "consider" or "apply". For example, the head provides that the Minister shall "consider sustainable development", "seek to minimise negative...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Before Ms Loughran comes in, I have a question, which Ms Loughran may also respond to. From what the witnesses are saying in general, am I correct that some of the difficulties of the Bill are that it is not clear and while it lists a lot of different things, it is not clear that they must be done; that the Bill should be framed in a clear way that creating marine protected areas is about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Before I finish, on a question to Ms Loughran, it seems to me that the Bill has the appearance of acknowledging that we have to have MPAs because it is in the programme for Government and in our international obligations, so here then is a Bill that does that, as opposed to asking why we want to have MPAs, what we want to achieve with them and that being central to the Bill. I would welcome...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a question for Mr. Griffin, who earlier made a very strong case about the importance of effective participation, not just consultation. That point was also well made by Professor Tasman Crowe earlier in the week, and he spoke about how well it has worked in other countries where communities propose areas and there is a bottom-up approach. Am I missing something? Is there anything in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: On head 10, is it the lack of transparency, the limited number of bodies it applies to or the entire head that is the issue? Is the idea behind this head fine provided things are done in a transparent way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the NPWS referenced in the Bill? I am sure it has a role to play.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The NPWS is mentioned in the Bill in terms of public participation and MPA designations. My reading of the Bill is that it is given four weeks, the same as anyone else, to make a submission. Beyond that, there does not seem to be any role for it. Should there be a role for it in enforcement or monitoring? Should the Bill be clear on the role of the NPWS and that of the Marine Institute,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Mr. Fogarty wants to come in. I will then go to Wind Energy Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a question for Wind Energy Ireland. It may want to respond to everything. In the opening statement, witnesses were very strong on co-location and also said there are some circumstances where that will not happen and there will be MPAs designated where offshore wind energy development would be completely unsuitable. Can Wind Energy Ireland expand on what sort of areas and MPAs are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask a short follow-up question, if I may. That is clearly a key issue for the industry. It does not have the clarity on that, which creates uncertainty. Getting to the point where it is much more clear which areas would not be compatible would be very helpful.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he is intending to establish new Cabinet subcommittees. [4447/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is any Cabinet subcommittee examining how investment funds are buying homes? The Government has defended the role of investment funds and their special tax treatment citing the need to attract investment to build new housing. However, new research by Pierce Daly shows that more second-hand homes have been bought up by investment funds than new builds. This pushes up the price of housing as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual target for new housing units provided by local authorities and approved housing bodies broken down by newbuilds, both direct build and turnkey, Part V, regeneration, and voids, in each of the years from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [5141/23]