Results 3,781-3,800 of 25,713 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes. Final checks on the Bill are being undertaken by the Attorney General and his office prior to publication. It is imminent. It depends how long more we are in this committee.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes, we could take it directly after that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I am using the word "imminent", and it is.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: After this committee has concluded its deliberations, I will contact the Attorney General. It is not the case that he needs a fire put under him, but we will just say that it is very important legislation.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: It is very detailed. I will be delighted to be able to bring it forward. I am sure that people will have views on it, and rightly so. I will endeavour to get an updated timeframe and come back directly to Deputy Bacik and the Chair for the information of members.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Sure.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: No. We were preparing this Bill and drafting it, and then the report of the Law Reform Commission dropped. I did not want to stop and delay the process. The Law Reform Commission report was published while this Bill was being prepared, as I said. We decided at Government that the CPO provisions in the Bill should reflect those in the current Act and that a more comprehensive review of the...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: We need a bit of time to assess it. The amendments put forward by the Labour Party will form part of our review in this regard. I think all of us believe the CPO system and process need to be improved. I am committed to doing this, but we have not gone through all the implications of the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission report. We will come back to them, but I am going to do...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes. To be fair - this will be my last remark on this - the Bill, all 707 pages of it, is extremely comprehensive. There was preparation right the way through, and the committee engaged with that. Pre-legislative scrutiny, stakeholder engagement, the planning forum - all of that was done. There is no way we will stop with the Bill. For how long does one consider the LRC report and its...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: No problem. I thank the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1077: In page 582, line 1, to delete “subsection (2)” and substitute “subsection (3)”.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1082: In page 587, lines 1 and 2, to delete “an application for judicial review under Part 9” and substitute “Part 9 judicial review proceedings within the meaning of section 250”. Amendments Nos. 1082 and 1084 are minor typographical amendments that update wording to reflect defined terms and remove unnecessary punctuation. I will now...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Bray, is it?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I would have thought so. These amendments deal with the granting of licences to hold events. Amendment No. 1078 deals with the matters to be prescribed by regulation by the Minister with regard to applications for licences for events and, in particular, proposes that such regulations would include a requirement that the contact details of the person in charge of the event be publicly...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Amendments Nos. 1079 to 1081, inclusive, seek to expand the conditions to which an events licence is subject. Amendments Nos. 1079 and 1083 look to include references to noise monitoring and air quality matters, but I consider that this is already covered by conditions relating to the protection of the environment. Amendment No. 1080 looks to include a reference to a mobility plan, active...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: There is merit in this so I will look at it, but I will not accept the amendment now. Amendment No. 1081 seeks to include a new condition regarding the payment of a bond to ensure that the site is restored or repaired to its condition before the event or preparations for the event took place. Again, having examined the conditions as set out in this section, I do not consider that this is...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes, and many do. In addition, the regulation to include the information, such as the contact details of the person in charge of the event, should be in the regulations. I will make sure that-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes, and we will make that change.