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

Malcolm Noonan: Again, to go back to the previous wording about "substantial works" in terms of the ambiguity around that and what this will do under section 135. I refer to section 135(3)(c)(i), requiring "sufficient information to allow the deciding authority to assess the request" and the deciding authority or the planning authority will be given in section 135(3)(c)(iii) "such documents or information...

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Sorry, it has been a long day. In terms of transitional arrangements, permissions granted under the 2000 Act for up to two years will still be under that Act so anything granted after that will fall under the new Act. To go back to the point, "commenced" is clearer than "substantial works" in terms of the wording of what is required of the-----

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, an application can be made under the Act of 2000 for an extension of duration for a period of up to two years from the date of the enactment of the Bill.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, he or she can apply for an extension of duration.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Under the existing provisions.

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

Malcolm Noonan: For two years.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Exactly, yes. After two years all permissions under the Planning and Development Act 2000 will have to apply under the new Act for an extension to duration.

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

Malcolm Noonan: It is to allow for permissions to apply under the under the existing Act. It is really to give a time period to move into the new legislation.

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

Malcolm Noonan: It is where they expected to be able to apply under the 2000 Act. It is to allow for a phasing out period.

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

Malcolm Noonan: It is to transition the current permissions out of the old Act, as I take it, and then for the permissions under this Act and to allow that time period to commence this.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes after two years they would.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes. We will get clarity on that for the Deputy.

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

Malcolm Noonan: The Government welcomes the formal adoption of the Nature Restoration Regulation (NRL) by the European Parliament during its Plenary session on 27 February 2024 which paves the way for Member States to approve this position. Once the text is adopted by the Council, it will become law. The Regulation sets out a framework for Member States to restore nature, with binding targets for a wide...

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: Departmental Correspondence (9 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Correspondence was received from the group in question and a further response will be issued shortly on the matters raised therein.

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

Malcolm Noonan: The information is set out in the following table. - Kestrel Wild Take Kestrel Wild Take Sparrow Hawk Wild Take Sparrow Hawk Wild Take Sparrow hawk Location Peregrine Wild Take Peregrine Wild Take Peregrine Location Year Licences Issued Licences Fulfilled Licences Issued ...