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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of fire station premises is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Service Acts, 1981 and 2003. My Department supports fire authorities through general policy setting and preparing legislation,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Straitéisí Ranna (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: An Interdepartmental Group (comprising my Department, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (DTCAGSM) and Údarás na Gaeltachta) is still continuing its work in developing specific planning guidance for Gaeltacht areas. There is also a separate Working Group made up of my Department, the DTCAGSM and Údarás na Gaeltachta and the relevant local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Allotments Provision (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: In terms of planning, providing, enabling and supporting allotments, legislation is in place in the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) and the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended) to identify locations in development plans for allotment development, and to establish allotments as a part of local government’s role in promoting the interests of local communities. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: There are currently no proposals under consideration to reintroduce town councils as Government policy is to strengthen the country's 95 municipal districts. The 2010 report 'Putting People First - Action Programme for Effective Local Government' recognised that town councils led to duplication of administrative work in areas such as planning, housing and roads. The Local Government Reform...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 186: In page 68, to delete lines 9 and 10 and substitute the following: “practicable, publish on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage⁠— (a) the revised or new National Planning Framework, as the case may be, and (b) a summary of any observations made on foot of the consultations...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 187: In page 68, line 16, to delete “(2),”.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 191: In page 68, line 21, to delete “it considers” and substitute “they consider”.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 192: In page 68, line 24, to delete “plan” and substitute “plans”.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 184: In page 67, line 36, after "The" to insert "revised or new".

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 178: In page 67, lines 15 and 16, to delete all words from and including “when” in line 15 down to and including line 16 and substitute “on the date that the Government publishes a revised National Planning Framework or new National Planning Framework in accordance with subsection (5) of section 23 or the statement referred to in paragraph (c) of...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 179: In page 67, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(8) A revised National Planning Framework shall continue in effect for the remainder of the period for which the National Planning Framework which it revises is specified, under subsection (5) of section 21, to be in effect.”.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 177: In page 67, line 12, after “revision” to insert “of the National Planning Framework”.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: There was quite a bit of repetition there and I will not go over all of it. Earlier I was asked by Deputy Matthews about the timeframes for the publication of the draft NPF. We are on track for the draft stage to go out in June or July. There will be publication of the draft national planning framework amendment stage in August and final stage in September. We are still on track for this....

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: There has been a whole question about democratic deficits and such things. We listened to Deputy Gould at the end speaking about it. The bottom line is that all of us here are elected in our constituencies. The Dáil then elects the Government. I know there were even some questions previously about whether someone getting elected on the fifth, sixth or seventh count has greater...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: There is no conspiracy.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Deputy Gould knows what I am talking about. Deputy Gould remembers the references made after the last general election to people getting elected on the fifth, sixth or seventh counts. I did not hear him arguing about it-----

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I will get back to the point.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: It is great that the Deputy has said that. Excellent, well done. That clarifies it.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I should not have gone down that road. What I am saying is that we have already been very clear and responded to the questions that have been asked. I am not accepting the amendments to this section that have been tabled by the Opposition. I have also been very clear on further changes that we made on consultation. I make the point to Deputy Ó Snodaigh that I was referring to the...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 168: In page 66, to delete lines 32 and 33.