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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: We must understand that applications have to be processed. They do move around between technical teams and they have administrative duties. There is a cost associated with that. The fees are associated with that for any of applicants and for those who submit any submissions. That is the assessment process in place.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: We will look at that and respond to the committee on it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Regarding the fees to the board, it is not cost recovery. Any of the submissions that go to the board are appeals. They are a lot more complex. They involve oral hearings, submissions and a lot of technical analysis. That is the reason fees are set higher than at local authority level. That is really the nature of that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: This is where additional information has been requested on an application and no information has been provided. Therefore-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Yes, six months.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Not necessarily. There could be additional requests for information.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Yes, that is correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: These are existing provisions.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Effectively, no.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: There is the provision of non-standard development, which is, under the current 2000 Act, strategic infrastructure developments.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Amendment No. 775 seeks to delete paragraphs (i) and (ii) of subsection (1) of section 160, as well as subsections (2) to (5) of section 110, and replace them. This would have the effect of changing the provisions from providing that where the planning authority is dealing with an application from a person who is not in compliance with a previous permission, has carried out substantial...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: It has been used very rarely.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: We think so.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: We will have to clarify that. We can come back to the Deputy.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: It has been used but very rarely. I do not have exact figures on hand.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: If even.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank both Deputies for the points they raised. It is important that the planning authority is not a judge, jury and executioner in this regard. We do not support bad actors. That is important. What is set out here is similar to the language used in the 2000 Act. It allows the local authority and the commission to take the necessary steps while ensuring that we continue to resource the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: First, I wish to outline that all sections of the Act were reviewed by the Attorney General and the legal advisers as part of the review of the planning legislation and the preparation of this Bill, and certainly this section was as well. To Deputy O’Callaghan’s point, each of the applicants should be afforded due process. We are not trumping one over the other - either the...