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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Amendment No. 1165.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Amendment No. 1166 proposes that prior to proposing to make a variation of a development plan under section 523, a planning authority shall publish a pre-designation consultation paper and consult with the public - and here is the change - and "landowners, enterprise and employers located within the site" in accordance with this section. The existing wording requires consultation with the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: That covers amendment No. 1166. Amendment No. 1170 seeks to insert a provision to "include details of the implications the proposed scheme will have on enterprise and employment". Prior to designating a suitable site as a candidate UDZ in its development plan, a planning authority must prepare a planning framework and may then undertake a more detailed development scheme. The planning...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1178: In page 690, after line 5, to insert the following: “PART 23 ADDITIONAL TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS Application of sections 27 and 28 of Interpretation Act 2005 542. For the avoidance of doubt, this Part shall not affect the application and operation of sections 26 and 27 of the Interpretation Act 2005 except to the extent that this Part otherwise provides...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1179: In page 690, after line 5, to insert the following: “Validity of acts done under Act of 2000 543. This Act shall not affect the validity of anything done under a provision of the Act of 2000 before the repeal of that provision by section 6.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1180: In page 690, after line 5, to insert the following: “Continued application of Act of 2000 for certain purposes 544. Notwithstanding the repeal of any provision of the Act of 2000 effected by section 6, that Act shall, subject to Part 17, continue to apply and have effect in relation to— (a) an application for permission under Part III of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1181: In page 690, after line 5, to insert the following: “Continuance in operation of statutory instruments made under Act of 2000 545. (1) Save where otherwise provided for by this Act, a statutory instrument in force immediately before the repeal by section 6 of the provision of the Act of 2000 under which it was made shall continue in force on and after...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1182: In page 690, after line 5, to insert the following: “Bringing of proceedings as if Act of 2000 not repealed 546. Notwithstanding paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 26 of the Interpretation Act 2005, any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) brought before the repeal of any provision of the Act of 2000 in respect of— (a) any right,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1183: In page 690, after line 5, to insert the following: “Continued application of Part VIII of Act of 2000 for certain purposes 547. Notwithstanding the repeal of Part VIII of the Act of 2000 effected by section 6, the said Part VIII shall, for the purposes of— (a) any warning letter or enforcement notice served under that Part before that repeal,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1184: In page 691, lines 24 and 25, to delete “(a wind farm)”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1186: In page 692, line 32, to delete “groundwater abstraction” and substitute “ground water or surface water abstraction”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1190: In page 701, line 21, to delete “paragraph,” and substitute “paragraph”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1192: In page 708, line 12, to delete “paragraph,” and substitute “paragraph”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1193: In page 25, line 5, to delete “development;” and substitute the following: “development; to provide for proper planning and sustainable development in the interests of the common good;” These amendments relate to the Long Title of the Bill. Amendment No. 1193 amends the Long Title of the Bill to clarify that the purpose of the Bill...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1194: In page 25, line 6, to delete “repeal” and substitute “repeal and replace”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes. First and foremost, I thank all the members of the committee. There has been detailed, useful and informative interaction through this very detailed Committee Stage. We have given more than due consideration to the amendments that have been tabled. I look forward to working with the committee on Report and Final Stages to pass this vital and urgent legislation that will update and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank our broadcast staff, in particular. I thank the planning team and my own team in the Department for the work they have done, and not just here in the committee room. They have responded to queries and have updated the administrative teams behind this team. They have done an incredible job. We are not there yet, but we are getting there. The Committee Stage of this Bill has been a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (17 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Interim Remediation Scheme is a demand-led scheme, and therefore a list of eligible properties is not maintained. My Department is currently, as a matter of priority, preparing legislation to put in place on a statutory basis, a remediation scheme for owners of certain apartments affected by fire safety, water ingress and structural defects. This legislation will establish supports...