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

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 49 to 51, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

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

Steven Matthews: Is that agreed? Agreed.

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

Steven Matthews: We are in public session. I call the Minister of State to respond.

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

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State for that clarification. Is amendment No. 49 being pressed?

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

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 50 has already been discussed with No. 49.

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

Steven Matthews: Sure

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

Steven Matthews: Maybe we will wait until everybody settles and then proceed with that question.

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

Steven Matthews: We have discussed it. I do not want to go back into it again. We discussed amendment No. 49 and-----

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

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 49 to 51 were discussed together.

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

Steven Matthews: Okay. That is fair enough.

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

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 53 and 62 are related and will be discussed together.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: 30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to specific concerns raised by Wicklow County Council in relation to the delay in awarding felling licences (details supplied); the steps he is taking to reduce wait times and specifically in relation to the ongoing concerns in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51554/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: 53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether a close to nature model of forestry is likely to be adopted as policy in the new forestry strategy currently being developed through Project Woodland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51555/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the need to clean and carry out minor repairs to the old courthouse façade in Wicklow town (details supplied); her views on whether this work can be prioritised in the coming months to coincide with the large investment in the town square; the position regarding the proposed return of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51822/21]

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

Steven Matthews: I do not want to spend too much time discussing an amendment to get a description of the relationship between other parts-----

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

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 54, 60, 64 and 71 are related and will be discussed together.

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

Steven Matthews: Did the Minister of State cover amendment No. 71?

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

Steven Matthews: That is good. Do members wish to add anything?

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

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 55 to 57, inclusive, and amendments Nos. 65 to 67, inclusive, are related and will be taken together.