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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 30: In page 23, to delete lines 35 to 39 and substitute the following: “(6) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister shall from time to time prepare for approval by the Oireachtas, and publication, and in accordance with this section and section 31— (a) a statement (in this Act referred to as the “marine planning policy statement”)...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Chairman for that information. I thank the officials for yesterday's briefing, which I found helpful. I also found Deputy Boyd Barrett's questions at that briefing helpful. I wish to address amendment No. 33. It is a very good amendment. I am biased, of course, as I submitted it and a number of others, but it would create a considerable amount of structure around marine...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: On the point about the hierarchy in terms of acting consistently with or having regard to, it is worth noting that there is a good precedent from the Government on doing that in legislation. For example, the new section 3(3) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill does it. I commend the Government for doing that in that Bill and recommend that it follows that good...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for that. It was helpful because there were a whole of series of questions lined up for him so it is better to get those answered to inform us.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: On where the marine planning policy statements interact with the other parts of Bill and the other frameworks like the marine planning framework and so forth, the Minister of State is saying it is in section 6(1).

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: It just does not tell me much about how they interact. That should be much clearer and the Government could do something on that on Report Stage to give a bit of clarity. The Minister of State has articulated a good bit of that here. It would be better if it were in black and white in the Bill so there is absolute clarity on that. That then gives an idea of where that can begin and finish...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 32: In page 24, to delete lines 1 to 4 and substitute the following: “(2)The Minister shall ensure that the first marine planning policy statement is prepared not later than six months after the coming into operation of this section for approval by the Oireachtas, and relates to a period of not less than three years commencing on the date of the first...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am happy for that to be withdrawn because the Minister of State has given a specific commitment on this with respect to approval by the Houses.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Before the amendment is put, I ask for clarification on something. The Minister of State gave a commitment that he would consider incorporating some of amendment No. 33 on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 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 (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Amendment No. 115 is an excellent amendment and it is ours.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, that information would be useful.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate what the Minister of State has said, but it would be good to see the amendment. Amendment No. 40 is very practical. It would give the public a lot of confidence in this process. Administratively, as Deputy Ó Broin said, it would make life much easier. A large amount of this information is available through the lobbying register and by means of freedom of information...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I can see the logic to what the Minister of State and Deputy McAuliffe said. The issue I have with that is that it could be several years until the lobbying legislation is updated. This is live now in terms of what is going to happen in this area and, if we did make this change to this legislation, it would be very much in the public interest. It then means that when the lobbying...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who currently live in cost-rental accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the €246 million housing capital carryover is broken down; the programmes that had an underspend; the amount of each underspend; the number of housing units that were not built as a result of this underspend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50923/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the process of when buildings are gifted to her Department to provide schools; the reason such gifts are not always accepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50859/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Testing (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 789. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the availability of drug testing of legally prohibited drugs as part of an overall strategy of harm reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50854/21]