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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Excellent.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I was hoping there might be two or three more sentences.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not trying to put words in the Minister of State's mouth, but we are getting somewhere. That means, for example, that when a review of the national marine planning framework is triggered, that could be the development of one or more marine spatial plans which as they are developed, with their public participation statements informing the public participation, then amend the national...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Even if it is a single MSP.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is quite important.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 90: In page 29, line 18, to delete “reasonable steps” and substitute “legally required actions”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 91: In page 29, line 21, to delete “or expedient”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 92: In page 29, to delete lines 24 to 38 and substitute the following: “(4) The Minister may by regulations specify requirements relating to any of the following: (a) appropriate time periods for public consultation, where— (i) such time periods when calculated shall not include excluded time periods, and (ii) shall be generously specified to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 93: In page 30, to delete lines 1 to 25 and substitute the following: “(5) Where the Minister makes regulations under subsection (4), in addition to having regard to the other provisions of this Act, he or she shall also— (a) act consistently with: (i) the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 94: In page 30, line 2, to delete “have regard to” and substitute “shall comply with”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 95: In page 30, to delete lines 30 to 35 and substitute the following: “(6) In this section, “relevant document” means— (a) a review of the NMPF in place at the time of enactment, (b) an amendment or revocation of the NMPF in place at the time of enactment, (c) a draft of a MSP that falls within section 16(3)(a), (b) or (c), (d) a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 96: In page 30, to delete line 37. I am confused by section 19(1) on page 30. It states, "This section shall not apply to a MSP to which Chapter 4applies." Chapter 4 relates to "Laying of certain DMAPs before CPAs", not marine spatial plans, MSPs. Maybe I read it wrongly. It seems to me that it is an error in the Bill. If not, I am happy to withdraw the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The final version was not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not looking to fight that again. It is slightly broader with this legislation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I do not want my point to get lost. Those decisions have been taken. I am not looking to reopen them. I am saying that where the level of Oireachtas committee engagement is set out in legislation or by way of regulation, that would ensure that it happens. Where it is not set out, it is at the discretion of a committee, the Government or the composition of forces in the Oireachtas....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: We pay attention to these matters.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Just to be clear, did the Minister of State initially say there was an error that needs to be corrected?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am happy to withdraw.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 97: In page 31, to delete lines 1 to 12 and substitute the following: “(2) Where the competent authority (M) proposes to make a MSP, he or she shall— (a) cause a copy of the proposed MSP prepared under this section, to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas, together with any environmental assessment reports prepared thereon pursuant to...