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

Malcolm Noonan: I take on board the point the Deputy is making. We could look at the wording if that would help clear that up.

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

Malcolm Noonan: ...x201c;Local authority housing development 155. (1) The chief executive of a local authority shall, before the carrying out of a local authority housing development by, on behalf of or jointly with that local authority— (a) inform the members of the local authority of the intention to carry out that development, and (b) provide those members with such documents, particulars...

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

Malcolm Noonan: Again, I give a commitment we will provide a breakdown of figures. As to whether they would have happened without this provision or not, I cannot give a reply to that here. Certainly, this provision was brought in to ensure we accelerate the pace of delivery. The point about public consultation is very well made and it is important that, whatever the project or plan is, they need to engage...

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

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 773: In page 296, to delete lines 32 to 38 and substitute the following: “159. (1) A person who has— (a) made an application under Chapter 3 or 4, (b) brought an appeal under Chapter 3, or (c) made a request for an alteration or extension of a permission under Chapter 5, may withdraw (in writing) the application, appeal or request at any time...

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

Malcolm Noonan: That information would be set out in regulation. If you look at the amendment-----

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

Malcolm Noonan: The works at least have to have been started. If anything, there was an ambiguity in the "substantial works" because that was open to interpretation. The regulations will clear up what is required in terms of the commencement of works onsite.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Monuments (9 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Legal proceedings to stop works on the 1916 Commemorative Centre project were initiated in the High Court against the State in the High Court in early 2016. At the same time the buildings were occupied illegally by protestors opposed to the project. While the High Court held on 18 March 2016, inter alia, that areas of Moore Street and surrounding streets were national monuments as had...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (9 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The general scheme of the Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Bill was published in December 2022. Following the scrutiny of the Joint Oireachtas Committee, my Department has been working in close collaboration with parliamentary drafters to develop this Bill. While it was initially hoped to publish it in 2023, the legal and technical complexity associated with this ground breaking legislation has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (9 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 673 to 675, inclusive, together. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department and, specifically, management at Killarney National Park are acutely aware of the impact that invasive species, such as deer and goats, can have on the habitats within the Park and, in particular, on native flora. The effective management and protection of nature...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (9 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 678 and 680 together. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), which is part of my Department, continues to invest heavily in and is committed to tackling the spread of invasive species across our network of National Parks. In particular, the control of Rhododendron ponticum is difficult, costly, and labour intensive, but is seen as a vital priority....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (9 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Ireland’s National Parks are managed as Category II National Parks under the criteria set out by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). A Category II National Park is defined as a large natural or near-natural area protecting large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have to have environmentally and culturally...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (9 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...general scheme of the Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Bill was published in December 2022. Following the scrutiny of the Joint Oireachtas Committee, my Department has been working in close collaboration with parliamentary drafters to develop this Bill. While it was initially hoped to publish it in 2023, the legal and technical complexity associated with this ground breaking legislation has...

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

Malcolm Noonan: We will look at it to see if it requires amendments to address the issues the Deputies have raised.

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

Malcolm Noonan: ...absolutely not. The amendment did not arise out of any lobbying; it came about after a review of the published Bill by officials. The Bill has been continuously reviewed by the Department to ensure that it will deliver the best possible planning system into the future for the people of Ireland. While the reporting of advice alludes to perceptions and references lobbying, the reality is...

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

Malcolm Noonan: Section 84(3)(g) refers to the conditions requiring the giving and maintaining of adequate security to the satisfactory completion of the proposed development. It is down to a local authority and the members of that authority to ensure that security is adequate. As already stated, the bonds are to be index linked and will be provided by operators regulated by the Central Bank. The point...

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

Malcolm Noonan: It is a fair point but it is a capacity issue at present. In terms of the pre-application consultation, it is dealing with the large volume of information that has to be compiled to allow the commission to carry out that work. It is about capacity, given the scale and complexity of such projects. Section 114(4) states that, "subject to paragraph (b) of subsection (6), in any consultation...

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

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 635: In page 208, line 23, to delete “at least 2 proposed approaches” and substitute “a description of not less than 2 approaches”.

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

Malcolm Noonan: It is to give effect to the cumulative effect of the habitats directive - to look at the site as a whole but not all other developments.