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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is the issue of section 5 referrals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is part of this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: She is confident in the Attorney General.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will pick up on Deputy Flaherty's points about the regulator and planning. As Ms Graham will know, I was very critical of the weakness of the legislation. There is a lot of confusion in the debates. This is not just a rural battle because the good people of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council have been in battle with the regulator on a not dissimilar point. However, the regulator...

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: We are listening intently.

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is true.

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Chairman of our committee, Deputy Matthews, not only for chairing the sessions that led to this report but also because it was, in fact, his proposition to the committee to do a dedicated series of public hearings and to produce this report, not only because it is an important matter for him but also because he knew it was also an issue of significant concern to ourselves. I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (1 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the long-term Climate Action Strategy which was to be completed in quarter one 2022 as set out in the Annex of Actions of the Climate Action Plan 2021, has not been completed. [28240/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (1 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if information will be provided regarding the process by which a person (details supplied) can obtain a PPS number.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28443/22]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: During pre-legislative scrutiny, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, engaged with many of us on this and most of us probably had conversations with its representatives directly. I fully support the spirit and intention of Deputy O'Callaghan's amendment. We need to make sure that however this is resolved, it does not create opportunities for other interests to influence our...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 69: In page 90, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 17 of Electoral Act 1997 105. Section 17 of the Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4B) (inserted by section 42 of the Act of 2012): “(4C) (a) The Commission shall, no later than one year following its...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I admire the Deputy's optimism. I have a few comments. First, we already have different rules on non-online advertising. For example, we know we cannot buy radio time or TV time but we can buy newspaper time and in many cases local newspapers would go out of business if it was not for the regular political adverts that are placed by Members of the Dáil, both inside and outside of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I presume, once it is set up, that the commission will have the capacity to employ outside experts to undertake some of this research if it chooses to. Some of these areas have high levels of specialism. I am conscious of the long list of things we have asked the commission to do. Is commissioning appropriate external research in its remit?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: There may be a compelling case for it here. It is a matter for the commission to decide. I am expressing it here because the commission may well look back at these meetings. The commission might decide to take early action in this area and commission independent, external expert research to assist in that task.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sinn Féin fully supports the entire group of Government amendments, although I have some questions for the benefit of clarity with respect to amendment No. 90. The purpose of the amendments is to ensure full transparency and accountability, particularly with regard to money spent in the State for electoral purposes. We are in a unique position on this island because there are two...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is one of the great tragedies of partition that it creates all of these difficulties in many respects. To reiterate, Sinn Féin would much prefer there was one set of electoral laws for the island because it would make our job an awful lot easier. To return to my question about the consequences of the Government's amendment No. 90 on section 22, I am trying to ascertain whether the...