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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: It is.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: Would the Deputy like to continue with the rest of his amendments or will we go to the Minister of State for a response?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: What page is that on?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: Before I ask the Minister of State to respond, I wish to advise the committee that we will take a five-minute break at 4 p.m. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: Before I bring in the Minister of State, I will take Deputy Ó Broin.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: The Minister of State addressed those in his opening remarks because they were all discussed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: Would the Deputy prefer the Minister to speak first?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: Will the Minister of State speak to the grouping because Deputy Duffy wants to come in as well on this?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister of State. That was really helpful. We will now take Deputy O'Callaghan, then Deputy Duffy and I am sure others may want to come back in as well.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: Let us refrain from assuming what other people are thinking.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: Again, let us not assume people's views and thoughts.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: We have a number of people who are still to come in.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: There are feelings.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister of State. I call Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: We have a number of speakers still. Do members want to make a decision as a committee as to what-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: We will go for ten minutes. We have four speakers and I ask that each will try to keep it short to try to give the Minister of State time to respond, if the Minister of State's response is what people want.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: I remind the Deputy that we have our own guillotine-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank all of our guests for being here with us today. I thank the Chair, the Acting Chair, all of the committee members and all the witnesses who have attended over the last number of months. This is our last meeting of this special committee. In the past few months, we have heard from healthcare professionals, palliative care professionals, theologians, legal experts, NGOs and from those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: We heard from international experts that other countries took it out of the HSE, effectively.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: There are safeguards already in place