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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Land Issues (16 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State for the response. Having spent nine weeks and 126 hours so far in the basement dealing with the new Planning and Developing Bill, I believe that many of those sections referred to by the Minster of State will no longer be relevant because of the new section numbers of the Bill. I take the Minister of State's point on this. I have been through county...

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

Steven Matthews: I move amendment No. 774: In page 297, line 34, after "application" to insert "with a deduction for planning services administrative fee, as prescribed". I will speak to my amendments here. I am somewhat in agreement with Deputy Ó Broin. I have often felt that the fees for planning applications do not reflect the significant amount of work that goes in at local authority level, the...

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

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 1145 relates to section 503. If only we were on page 649. Section 503 is on the fees payable to planning authorities. On a similar point to that raised by Deputy Ó Broin, I really feel we need to increase planning fees to value the complex work that is done. That is the subject of my amendment No. 1145. I am not entirely sure of the process that is to be followed in...

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

Steven Matthews: May I respond on that one? I am in no way suggesting that the fee associated with observations be included because that is a really important part of the planning process. The fee for a submission to the local authority sits at €20 while the fee for an observation to the board sits at €50. This amendment is not designed to increase those fees in any way. We have had...

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

Steven Matthews: Okay, we can look at those questions when we come back after the vote.

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

Steven Matthews: Welcome back everybody. Thank you, Deputy Duffy, for taking the Chair for me. To conclude on that grouping, the report mentioned, which is with the Minister, will be of interest to the committee in order to assess it or have some input into it at some stage, as appropriate. I do not think there was a response on the JR stopping the clock. If the note on that could be read out, we can then...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: The next amendment is part of a grouping and, given that it is almost 6 p.m., I suggest we finish here for now. In terms of a progress update, my tallies tell me that we have spoken to 1,008 or 1,009 amendments so far. We have completed 158 sections and have had around 350 votes at this stage, so well done everybody.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I propose that Deputy McAuliffe take the Chair to allow me to address my amendments in the group. After that, we will deal with the amendment he has at the end of the grouping. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Let me try to explain what I am trying to do. The content of the inspector's report and the decision of the board do not always align with each other. In other words, the board can make a decision that is not the recommendation of the inspector. One generally does not see in the board's decision the detail one sees in the inspector's report, so it would be very helpful if people had, when...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I agree with most of the contributions. Generally, Part 8 is a good process. It is a very democratic process. I am not talking about where the chief executive's report comes forward and contains something that may not have been in the public consultation. Something may have occurred in the process. In that situation, the councillors are free to reject that part of the chief executive's...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: The Minister agreed to look at amendment No. 718 for Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I am going to have to withdraw amendment No. 881 because I misworded it. I meant to refer to the scoping opinion but my amendment refers to the "screening report". I will just take a look at it for a second. It is an amendment to section 210, which is on page 391. It is probably similar to the previous amendment about the screening note. It is on the notice regarding a determination in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Will the Minister of State look at that in subsection 2?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: It is just after 9 p.m. now. The Minister of State has spoken to some of his amendments. We will return to this amendment No. 725 and the associated grouping of amendments when we meet back at 2 p.m. tomorrow. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, for his attendance at the committee this evening.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: We commence with the question on section 82 which we discussed at length yesterday. I understand Deputies Ó Broin and O'Callaghan want to make two points on this. The Minister of State may wish to respond before I put the question on the section again.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 597 relates to a grammatical error that the officials have agreed to look at.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: -----we can have that discussion and the Deputy can make that point. We just cannot do so at this time.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: I understand from discussions on this amendment that the Minister will look at issues raised in respect of amendment No. 605 by everybody in the committee. I understand that changes will be made in respect of amendment No. 605.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: It is a public document. It is online, if anybody wants to have a look at it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: I accept that. I just wanted to clarify it. Amendment No. 609 relates to section 84 and specifically to conditions requiring the provision of open spaces. I had an amendment put into the Wicklow county development plan that where we were putting in provisions for open spaces that they be adequately located, centrally located and overlooked for passive surveillance reasons. That was...