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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Mulcahy report into allegations of planning malpractice in County Donegal; and the actions he intends to take on foot of the reports findings. [11817/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the enhanced defective concrete block redress scheme. [11815/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the White Paper to end direct provision and establish a new International Protection Support Service has explored the extension of the HAP to the sponsor prior to the arrival of family in cases of family reunification; if so, if this change is likely to be adopted; and if not, if it is something his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Chair. Mr. Hogan and I have had a relationship for almost a decade, both in our time in South Dublin County Council and since he has moved into the Department. He knows that I am very loath and reluctant to criticise officials. I want to say that at the outset before I make my remarks. I also want to acknowledge the enormous amount of work that he and his team have put into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is that a criticism? It sounds like a criticism of the people you consulted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: So, are you saying that was an accidental omission, or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I fully accept the complexity of this, and I do not want to underestimate the Department's task, but does that not speak to the request that many of the external organisations have made that we need to take little bit more time with this? They have said that the urgency has almost created a set of problems, and that for the sake of a few extra months we could end up with a better Bill. Does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am out of time and I am conscious that Deputy O'Callaghan has the same difficulty as me. I will come back to the specific questions in a further round, if that is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Chair and apologise for my absence. I want to take us back to the plan-making and policy portions of the Bill because if we get those right, we will not necessarily have to have as much discussion around what happens at the latter end. For me, these are crucial sections of the Bill. Can Mr. Hogan give us as much detail as he has about where we are with the transitional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does that mean then, in line with section 22(1), the current position is all current section 28 ministerial guidelines and SPPRs at a point in time will just become the policy statements as outlined in section 23 or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----what are we going to get in terms of that interaction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I would have sympathy for that approach. What then happens? How many section 28 ministerial guidelines do we have? Is it 30-odd that have been produced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: If this Bill passes in some shape or form, what will be the standing of those 30-odd sets of ministerial guidelines at that point in time while, as Mr. Hogan outlines, the Department is working them into new policy statements as per section 23?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I presume that will take quite some time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Would it be fair to say then the ones that will get prioritised are the ones that have proved most problematic and the source of litigation and slowing down planning developments or how will the Department prioritise?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Density guidelines, I presume as well, are in that category.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the plan for those is to publish them as section 28 guidelines rather than incorporate them as ministerial statements but then at some point in the future re-jig them into policy statements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister likes giving the officials lots of extra work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Particularly on those two sets of guidelines, I fully support the Department on that without prejudice to the content of them. One of the other concerns is, in section 23, the definition of a so-called "national planning statement" is very broad. It states: The Minister may, at any time, with the approval of the Government, issue a statement ... which shall comprise two parts as follows: ...