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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: If one knows something to be false-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am trying to understand this wording in the Bill. If one knows something to be false, that is not delivered in good faith.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am only looking for clarity as to what that standard wording means. Clearly, if one knowingly gives false information, that could be considered reckless. If one is giving false information but one does not know, how is it reckless? How is it decided that is reckless? If it is given in good faith, for example, is that considered reckless?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Can I make a comment on sections 162 to 165, inclusive?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: There are some issues here that I might bring up on Report State and I want to reserve the right.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: My question relates to the proposed changes to the Planning and Development Act. A key problem in terrestrial planning and housing supply is the use of the planning system by people sometimes to speculate by obtaining planning permissions and increasing land values. It does not always lead to the amount of housing output that is desirable, wanted and needed. What safeguards are in place in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I need to consider what the Minister of State said in his response to me. I reserve the right to return to this amendment on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I invite Deputy Higgins to address amendment No. 231. The Deputy is not there at the moment. Will Deputy Matthews speak to that amendment?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Amendment No. 236 is fairly straightforward. It requires that the board would, first, make the application available on the website of the board within two working days of it being received, and that the board would make any documentation related to the application, correspondence and submissions available online as soon as is practicable, but not later than three days after they are...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: To add to that, a major issue with SHDs is that the information is lost once the private website goes down and people do not have access to it. Of course, they can access the information through the process Deputy Ó Broin is going through now, but that is incredibly inaccessible, so a lot of that information and the access to it are lost. That creates problems with compliance and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will speak to amendment No. 248. Having that information available on the board's website is a good idea. I want to clarify something the Minister of State said earlier about the information being kept on the portal and the requirement for that information to be online. He referred to the information being captured on the marine portal. Is that requirement specified in the Bill?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thought that was the case but I was not 100% sure. Amendment No. 247 proposes timelines for strategic infrastructure developments, SIDs. These are potentially large and complex applications as they relate to the marine environment. There is a lot of information that people do not know about. It is somewhat easier to deal with a planning application for the terrestrial environment in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: In the context of the Planning and Development Act and those definitions referring to land, the marine environment is different from land. Proper planning and sustainable development in a marine environment is different from that on land. The architecture around it is quite different.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister of State mentioned that he would provide written clarification in regard to an earlier question. If he could also set out within that written clarification how the section on sustainable development relates to section 72(2), which references principles of proper management of maritime area and sustainable usage, I would appreciate it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I wish to flag that as I have some issues with these sections, that is, sections 169 onwards, that I want to consider, I reserve the right to table amendments on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Like my previous comments about sections 169 onwards, I may table amendments to all of the Schedules on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: That would be useful. It can take time for people to even realise what the processes are and it can be difficult for people to raise issues, and so on. We do not want to lose something legitimate because of a fairly arbitrary limit. If there is good reason, that is fair enough, but if there is not and it can be extended, we can look at that.