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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: And that judgment only came last November. Thank you. That is very helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: Which section is the substitute consent in, that is, the second last point Ms Minch made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: Which volume is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: Ms Minch can come back to us on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: It has not been raised with us, so far.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: With regard to the point Senator Boyhan made, an explanatory note would be helpful. I think it would run to much more than 738 pages. It would be another considerable body of work to try to get through.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: We would all benefit from it. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage said it would produce a document to compare the changes. We have a document that compares the existing section number to the new section number as closely as possible. With regard to the sense that we do not see substantial changes once the Bill has been published, something similar to section 249(5) was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: Could Mr. Flynn explain that to us briefly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: The matter is very much in the public interest so we will allow that. Do any of the witnesses wish to respond to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: Yes, the constitutional issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: Was there something in this regard in the Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-Scale Residential Development) Act 2021? Deputy Ó Broin might know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: I remember the Deputy raising that point at the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: Planning decisions are given in the interests of sustainable development and proper planning. That generally covers it. If someone was to put in a submission that it was in the interests of sustainable development and proper planning, does that give him or her scope? There is some language in this Bill that I find a little fluffy, including words such as seeking to "promote", for example,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: Section 249 provides for the ability to be able to correct "any error of law". We have had previous discussion on this. In my view, it is much too wide. There is a provision in the Act, under section 146A, to correct a small clerical-type error. Must the Bill also include scope to correct something that is not hugely significant and would not actually change the decision but would make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: You walk into another-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: I do not know when section 146A was inserted in the Act. It sounds like an amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: Does anybody know? I presume that was introduced because at some point there was a clerical error and that was seen as a failing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: With the level of complexity and everything that has to be considered in a planning application by a local authority or the board, it is reasonable that omissions or mistakes could be made. It is such a complex process and sometimes it is not black and white. It can be subjective. Should there be scope for something whereby the board could say something should have been done but was not?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: It was suggested at a previous session that there is already a process of some kind to quash a decision and remitting it to the board. The concern is that even with a perfectly functioning board that has enough board members, quashing and remitting decisions might mean another 16 weeks - maybe less - of consideration. At present, there are massive delays and backlogs with stuff going back...