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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The Deputy is correct that I do not have the detail of the Minister’s announcement next week. I agree with the Deputy about the historical under-funding of local government. This Government is attempting to address that with the resources we are announcing. We are making good strides to address the staffing shortfalls there. I can only speak about the local authorities in my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: We can do that. The note I have here says it relates to the change in the type of house that is proposed to be constructed, erected or made or modification of the design or external of appearance of a building. It reflects the additional staffing time that would be put in to address those changes. The reduction can be applied where a development has already received an outline permission...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I look forward to that session with Frank O'Connor and Jude Sherry. They have done fantastic work in highlighting dereliction in Cork city. We have major challenges and opportunities in our town centres. The Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, will hopefully be moving on the Town Centre First policy soon and we hope to address this issue of vacancy. From my perspective as the...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I reiterate that we do not accept this is an environmental decision. We cannot accept what this amendment proposes, namely, that the MAC is an environmental decision. There is also the issue of organisations that might set themselves up just for one month, which, again, we cannot accept. Many environmental organisations have been operating for a long time, for example, the Irish...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: This group of amendments seeks to amend the various judicial review procedures set out in this Bill. I state from the outset that I will not be accepting any of these amendments as the provisions have been developed in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General and I am happy with them as they stand. I will touch on the substance of these amendments. Amendment No. 44 seeks to...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I go back to previous points I made. There is a rigorous system in place for a requirement for appropriate assessments and strategic environmental assessments within our planning system. As I said in the statement I made on the policy on mineral exploration, there is nothing scheduled to date. Everything is open to review, but is supported by a rigorous planning system. I can give...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 38: In page 68, line 29, to delete "prescribed" and substitute "specified". These are minor technical amendments to ensure consistency in the text of the Bill. Amendments Nos. 38, 40 and 47 replace the word "prescribed" with the word "specified" in relation to fees for MACs and licences to better reflect the interpretations in section 2 of the Bill. The purpose and...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: They have different legal meanings.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The terms "prescribed" and "specified" are used in different contexts. I apologise for not being able to elaborate more.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 39: In page 69, to delete line 19 and substitute the following: "(b) MAC applications, (c) applications under section 86(5), or".

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 40: In page 75, line 3, to delete "prescribed" and substitute "specified".

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 41: In page 83, to delete lines 8 to 15 and substitute the following: "(6) (a) The holder of a MAC to which section 75(1) applies shall, not later than three months before undertaking any development the subject of such permission and which is for the purposes of the maritime usage the subject of the MAC, make an application under section 86(1) to amend the MAC by way...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I was fairly clear in my comment. I do not think what Deputy Boyd Barrett has spoken about is the case. We believe it is sufficient that the application to amend the MAC by attaching a rehabilitation schedule is made not later than three months before commencement. This is to cover smaller developments that may well be ready within six months of the grant of permission. There is no...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The Deputy referred to flipping a MAC. You cannot flip a MAC, unless perhaps it is a Big Mac. MACs are attached to the individual, so they stick with the individual applicant.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: That is correct.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: To address Deputy Boyd Barrett, the technology is not there right now to put wind farms out where the Deputy wants to see them. That is the challenge we have. There is a significant depth drop-off on the east coast, so wind farms can go out only so far. I think the North Sea basin is very different from the Atlantic basin. I heard Deputy Boyd Barrett mention Germany and other countries on...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: Correct.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 31: In page 57, line 10, to delete “Minister” and substitute “Board (M)”.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 32: In page 57, lines 11 to 13, to delete all words from and including “The” in line 11 down to and including “opinion” in line 13 and substitute the following: “The Board (M) may, at any time and with the prior approval of the Minister, remove the chief executive officer from office if, in the opinion of the Board (M)”.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 33: In page 57, line 20, to delete “Government” and substitute “Board (M)”.