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Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: We could discuss it when we reach amendment No. 17.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: We do not propose to accept this amendment because we believe it is unnecessary to provide for it in primary legislation. We do not think it is needed. To be clear, much of what the Deputy is asking a report to do, is in train and is happening under pillar 3 of the existing strategy Rebuilding Ireland - An Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. We have the Dublin Housing Supply...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: We have that analysis already

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: I am sure I answered one of the Deputy's questions. Did I miss two questions?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: I shall try to answer all of the questions. I did not mean to skip the questions posed by Deputy Ó Broin. I believe the reason that I did not answer them is because I asked the same questions at the start of the process and so did the officials of the Department. We went through the logic of shortening each process as part of the overall process. Our consideration still did not do...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: In terms of the development plan process, the provision applies to zoned land and land that has come through a development plan process. It is one of the most important roles for councillors. Most of them take it seriously but some do not and I wish they did. One of the most important jobs for a councillor is his or her role in decisions on the development plan, the zoning of land, the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: Correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: They will be coming on Report Stage, but there will be a chance to discuss them and get the gist of them during the break at 3.30 p.m. That is not an issue. They are part of the rental end of it. There were many calls for them during the Seanad debate and also on Second Stage in the Dáil. They are reflective of those calls and are also reflective of the rental strategy consultation...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: No. I am saying we can discuss them during the break if Deputies want. I do not have them with me here.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: I can get them for the Deputies. There is no issue. We will get them. Some of them are ready. We will get them for the Deputies. I am saying they are not for discussion - as in formal discussion - until Thursday.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: They will not be during Committee Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: Those amendments could not have been included today because there was a deadline for amendments today. I know what the Deputy is saying about tomorrow; we can look at that. If I understand correctly, it is possible to recommit to Committee Stage during Report Stage on the floor of the Dáil on Thursday. That is probably the way to do it if there is no chance before that. There is no...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: We think the amendments are good and knowing the Minister, Deputy Coveney, he could talk about them all day if Deputies want. We can do that on the floor of the Dáil at some other stage if need be. As the Deputy is aware, a Bill can be recommitted to Committee Stage on the floor of the Dáil for a temporary period of time. I recommend that process if it is an issue for the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: I think I answered that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: An Bord Pleanála has to take it on board; it is obliged to use it. It is the planning book for the county or local authority area. However, it is not bound by it. That is not proposed in legislation at the moment. If we go down that road after consultation down the line, that is a debate Deputies can have. We are not prepared to do it in this legislation and do not think it is...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 10:In page 7, to delete lines 15 to 17 and substitute the following:"(iii) be so made only where the applicant for permission has fulfilled the requirements set out in section 8, (iv) be in such form and contain such information as is prescribed, and (v) be accompanied by the appropriate fee,". This amendment provides for payment to the board of a fee for a strategic...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: Some of the fees will be portioned out. They will get their fair share. It will be in the regulations. In case there is any doubt, because there is some confusion about the levies, they automatically belong to the local authorities.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: In respect of a site not being used, there are different reasons why a site might be brought forward. In some cases, it is their own choice but in others, a site could be impeded by infrastructure and frozen out. Members are suggesting here that even a second site could be frozen out outside of the fast-track system. What we are trying to do here is to encourage people to bring forward...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: It would sort out some of it. There is a process to pick the sites and, hopefully, there will be a good return of housing on those sites as well. Matters relating to amendments Nos. 13 and 15 were discussed in the Seanad. There was already much discussion on these extension provisions in the Seanad deliberations which resulted in the insertion of an explicit review mechanism before any...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Damien English: The Aarhus Convention does not have direct application in Ireland. Rather, it is implemented at EU level by a number of EU directives, namely, the Directive 2003/35/EC which deals with public participation and access to justice in certain environmental matters and Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment and commonly...