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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I do not believe for a moment that the Minister of State was surprised by the intention of the first amendment, nor am I surprised by his response. I mean that in good humour. In respect of amendment No. 238, I ask the Minister of State and his officials to read the recent High Court judgment on an ongoing dispute between the provisions of the county development plan and central...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I understand that. The purpose of the amendment is to urge the Minister of State to find some more technically proficient and appropriate way to address this issue on Report Stage. If it is left too much to the discretion of the developer's engagement, we might get good outcomes or we might not. If it is left solely to local lobbying, albeit very well-intentioned, by local authority...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I want to comment on that last point because Deputy Boyd Barrett is absolutely right. The concern I have is the frequency of very significant decisions by An Bord Pleanála with respect to terrestrial planning applications where there is dispute over which has precedence, national planning guidelines or local county and city development plans. They have been increasing and there is now...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 236: In page 151, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “(1A) The Board shall— (a) make the application available on the website of the Board within 2 working days of it being received, and (b) make any related documents to the application, correspondence and submissions available online as soon as is practical and no later than 3 days...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 239: In page 162, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(p) conditions on construction and operation requiring local employment benefits and positive impact on the local economy, and”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 247: In page 173, lines 35 and 36, to delete “30 days” and substitute “56 days”. These amendments relate to section 302 and the submission and notification of environmental impact assessment, EIA, reports and Natura impact statements. The first amendment simply seeks to extend the number of days that the EIA would be available for public...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I will ask for a quick clarification on amendment No. 248. Will his amendment ensure all documentation relating to this will be for future reference available on the portal or where will it be available and accessible if not on the board's site? I will pick up on a point made by Deputy O'Callaghan. The types of developments, particularly large...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is not what the Bill states. It does not state 30 days is a floor; it states that the period involved is 30 days.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 248: In page 174, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: "(iiia) that a copy of the application, and any further or additional information submitted on the application subsequently will be available on the application website and on the website of the Board,".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I might ask a question on amendment No. 254. I appreciate these are technical amendments but I am always wary of technical amendments because they can have a wider import than is obvious to us when reading them. On the inclusion of subsection (7) in amendment No. 254, what is the rationale for or, more important, the impact of including that in this section?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, but there is a reason that is included in this section and I presume there is a rationale for its inclusion.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Why is that necessary at that point?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The office did not give a rationale as to why it should be in that part of the Bill.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Even a written answer would be perfect. I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have another technical question. With respect to the reference to proper planning and sustainable development, which, of course, we all support, where and how are they defined? They are inserted in amendment No. 256, but against what are they measured or defined for the purposes of the Bill?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment no. 285: In page 214, after line 14, to insert the following: “19. A condition that would ensure continued benefits to the local community, area, environment or economy.”. In the interests of time and given we may complete the Bill today, which I think everybody would prefer, I am going to withdraw the amendment. I do not want to repeat the conversation...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: We are getting to the giddy part of the sixth or seventh session ,but I want to make several points and ask questions. As I read amendment No. 302 and as the Minister of State outlined its provisions, a shiver went down my spine as he articulated the iron grip of central government planning regulations closing in on what little is left of the local democracy of our city and county...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I understand the Attorney General and five or six senior counsels are being brought in to that piece of work. For the purpose of clarity, if any of us have questions about this and if we are in a position to email as a committee to the officials, they might clarify some of those between now and Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: We might do that as a committee.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure to date on homeless HAP. [54018/21]