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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: This section sets out the definition of "rehabilitate" with regard to maritime areas. It is relevant to section 2(3) of the Bill, with regard to the interpretation of the Act, which states on page 20: A reference in this Act to a MAC includes— (a) the maritime usage the subject of the MAC, (b) the conditions attached, or deemed to be attached, to the MAC by virtue of section 79,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask the Minister of State to clarify it further. It does not relate to rehabilitation works.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: To clarify, and to close off this matter, being granted a MAC does not entitle the holder to do any of the things referred to by Deputy Boyd Barrett. Section 92, however, then talks about the rehabilitation processes that the MAC holder may have to undertake on the basis of any commissions or licences.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: That obligation will be conferred on the MAC holder by virtue of the permission received and the licence and, as a double mechanism, under the MAC. It is therefore a double level of protection.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is a double safeguard.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is why it is then specified in this section, even though having a MAC does not allow the holder to do any of these things.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Can we get a written note concerning what the Minister of State has been saying concerning this matter?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 184: In page 89, to delete lines 1 to 8. The purpose of this amendment is to avoid a situation where there is a lack of clarity on when an applicant needs to apply for leave for judicial review. It is not properly stipulated in the Bill. As it currently stand, the courts could be beset with uncertainty on MARA, the MAC holder and the applicant. The amendment...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: What safeguards are in place for the surrender of licences? Has that been considered? Do we have sufficient safeguards for when licences need to be surrendered?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a quick question. In terms of these agreements, what safeguards would there be to ensure there would not be any impacts on or conflicts with MARA's regulatory or, indeed, any of the other body's regulatory functions? Is there anything to safeguard there against any potential conflicts in any agreements made? If MARA makes an agreement with another body and is involved in regulation,...

Monitoring Adequate Housing in Ireland: Statements (4 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank IHREC for this excellent report and for the work that has gone into it. This is a serious report. It is a good, methodological study. It makes the best use of the data that are available, although there, as the report points out, serious gaps. The report does a service to making people's housing needs more visible, especially those of lone parents, people with disabilities,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (4 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options local authorities have to compulsorily purchase order derelict sites in instances in which they cannot establish the registered owners of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53940/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 99: In page 31, line 17, to delete “public body” and substitute “Minister of the Government with the consent of that Minister and the Government”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 100: In page 31, to delete lines 31 to 37.