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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What is being checked?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: And?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There was a notification.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He did notify. I am standing in for him.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A lot of questions have been asked. I refer to amendment No. 52 and to amendment No. 61 in particular, which also relates to directives. I note that we now have policy statements, guidelines and directives. Before all of that, we have plans. I am trying to understand the relationship between these different things and the precise hierarchy and relationship between them. It is fair to say...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will try to be nice in what I say.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State knows quite well that we are not talking about typos and that our concern is that guidelines which could have a real, substantial and material impact should be subject to a requirement for public consultation. It is a similar idea with directives. I am looking at this stuff and trying to get my head around it. There are some people watching this and trying to get...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State did not respond to the point I raised on the relationship between statements, directives and guidelines. Nor did he give some instances so that we understand what we are talking about. People listening to this will just go-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have read them.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, it does not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In that case, the Minister of State should give us an instance of a guideline. Give us an example of the sort of guideline that might be issued so that we know what we are talking about.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order and with all due respect, we are trying to get to the bottom of what a guideline is. This section is dealing with guidelines and our amendments refer to the importance of setting out the need, explicitly, for public consultation on guidelines. It is entirely relevant in that context for people, including me as somebody who is supposed to be scrutinising this legislation,...