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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 66: In page 42, to delete line 40, and in page 43, to delete lines 1 to 13.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 68: In page 43, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(f) any other person has a material interest in establishing whether the development is exempt from planning permission.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is fine.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: As someone who has spoken about grammar and syntax at the committee, I cannot complain about anyone else's punctuation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 85: In page 47, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(iii) whether or not the development or proposed development is likely to have significant effect on the use of Irish within a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area (including by virtue of its nature, size and location) and requires the carrying out of a language impact assessment.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 87: In page 47, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(iii) whether or not the development or proposed development is likely to have significant effect on the use of Irish within a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area (including by virtue of its nature, size and location) and requires the carrying out of a language impact...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 90: In page 48, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(v) the opinion of the Minister as to whether the development is likely to have an impact on the use of Irish within a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area.”. I press the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 91: In page 48, line 28, to delete “a relevant” and substitute “any”. I press the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I press the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 98: In page 50, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: “(j) whether or not the development or proposed development is likely to have significant effect on the use of Irish within a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area (including by virtue of its nature, size and location) and requires the carrying out of a language impact assessment;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 100: In page 51, line 11, after “Prosecutions” to insert “or any other person”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will read the Minister of State one of the key recommendations of the executive summary of the Mahon tribunal report, which is directly relevant to this amendment. Recommendation 1.09 states: As is clear from the above, at national level, both the NDP and the N[ational] S[patial] S[trategy, the forerunner to the national planning framework] play a key role in the planning system....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: With respect, that was not the question. We know the position remains unchanged and we are not asking the Minister of State to change it. Deputy O'Callaghan and I are asking a very simple question. The Mahon tribunal recommended a vote of the Oireachtas. In its wisdom, the Government has chosen not to have such a vote. I am asking the Minister of State why this is the case.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: First of all, the Minister of State has not answered the question, so I will repeat it at the end.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have the floor. The Minister of State has not answered the question and I will repeat it again for clarity at the end. The Minister of State has repeated what the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, told us yesterday, which I accept is the Government's position. I am not disputing it. We have a planning regulator because the Mahon tribunal report recommended one. It also recommended...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is really important to understand why the Mahon tribunal made the recommendations it made. This tribunal took a very long time and involved very considerable deliberation. I do not believe any of its recommendations were made frivolously. Recommendation 1.09 says very clearly that the Minister, now the Minister for housing, "enjoys considerable discretion in determining ... [the] scope...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is precisely my focus.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely not. It is a separate proposition. I will make the following comment but I do not expect the Minister of State to respond. I just want to put on record that it is remarkable that the Government has not provided a reason for stating that it has made a decision not to allow Oireachtas votes, particularly in light of the fact that it is so important-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have the floor, with the greatest of respect. What is happening is remarkable, particularly in view the fact that the Mahon tribunal report contained a key recommendation in this regard. However, people can make their own judgments on that matter. One suspects that the decision that there will not be a vote is political in nature as opposed to one having anything to do with planning or...