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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: 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.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Will this also be subject to screening and everything else?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (9 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [52452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Covid-19 restrictions in schools will next be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54515/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (9 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be permitted to take on another first year class in the academic year 2022-2023 given the demand for ETSS places in the catchment area far exceeds the number of available spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54519/21]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Can the Minister of State repeat that reference?

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I will add to that. Corporate strategies are quite significant. Bodies follow their corporate strategies and what is in them can have considerable significance. I ask the Minister of State to address that point in terms of the question posed.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I will come at this issue from a slightly different angle. The thinking on MAC is that it is not an environmental decision, so it does not need to go through the processes an environmental decision would. Presumably, a MAC would allow somebody who is looking to develop in the maritime area to carry out surveying work in order to get an application together looking for a licence. If...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: The first question was one I had asked also.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister of State is saying that obtaining a MAC does not give anyone the ability to carry out any works that could have any impact in an area but it does give them an exclusivity in terms of the area for the ability to apply for those licences and permissions. Is this it in effect and nothing more than that? It could not have any environmental impact until an application for a licence...