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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Tánaiste. What he does not seem to understand is the KPMG report is based on this Government meeting the targets outlined in its recent housing plan. What the report, which is based on the most up-to-date information from the CSO and ESRI and all the Government's target projections for social, affordable and private housing, is saying very clearly to the Government is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State and the officials for the briefing. I have two sets of questions. First, let me dissent from the general consensus that seems to be that we adequately fund local government. We absolutely do not. Local government is chronically under-funded. Our housing departments and planning departments are stretched beyond belief. Covid-19 has exposed that probably more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not arriving is better than arriving in that world.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is a separate point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Since Mr. Sheridan’s ears have just pricked up there, could I ask if the committee could get a note with further explanation on exactly how the fee structure will work, particularly on that upper limit? I presume there has been some assessment on what level of fees the board has gotten in the last year. This goes to Deputy Higgins’s point that Dublin, the commuter belt and a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for the explanation. There has been a significant carryover of more than €200 million into the local authority social housing investment programme. Can the Minister give an indication of how the underspend this year has impacted on the projected targets for social housing output? That would be helpful for us to understand. It is important we support local...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to make a quick clarification on this amendment. I do not wish to comment on it.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I should have asked this earlier and thank the Ceann Comhairle for his indulgence. Will the Minister of State explain why "colocation" remains? The purpose of coexistence is the language from the directive. What is the value of this? I do not oppose the amendment, but I would like clarification on why "colocation" is being left in rather than replaced with "coexistence" which was agreed...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 16: In page 35, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “(3) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Act, the competent authority (D) shall prepare a DMAP, or any amendment to a DMAP, in accordance with the following sections, and as if the reference to “MSP” in those sections was construed to read “draft DMAP”, and the...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Those of us with more Members are struggling with the schedule. It is not your fault.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not this time anyway.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I think we had established that quite clearly and accept it with good grace. I have one question. Is the Minister of State saying that there will be no additional interim protections in those areas where legacy projects are going to advance beyond the requirements within the existing planning regime in this Bill for environmental impact assessments and appropriate assessments? While I...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is correct. Clearly, there are protections in the planning process in advance of the designation of marine protected areas. The challenge is that they are not strong, particularly as they do not have to take into account to the same extent the ecosystems approach, which is crucial both to the maritime special planning directive and the marine protected...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have seven seconds left.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: We heard yesterday that the sensitivity mapping is not going to be complete until the end of next year. That is a significant time lag. What interim measures will be in place to ensure marine diversity is protected?

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: To be clear, nobody is talking about ripping up the marine planning framework. There are many aspects of the marine planning framework which are very good, so it is important the Minister of State understands that we are not opposed to it or asking to rewrite it, and we would just like the review to happen earlier. While the Minister of State is correct that the Government does have to...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: During the very lengthy Committee Stage hearings we had on this legislation, one of the points I made regularly was that our party, and in fact everybody on the committee, urgently wants us to be able to get up and running with the planning regime for the marine in order that we can progress our renewable wind energy projects to meet those crucial targets, not only as part of the Government's...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am appreciative of the fact that this amendment has been tabled, but the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, did not answer the specific question. We argued on Committee Stage that a similar provision should be made available with respect to ministerial guidelines and policy directives. Is there a reason that was not considered? Given the significance of the policy directives and...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: While I acknowledge that the Minister of State explained amendment No. 56 briefly, could he give us a little more detail or clarity regarding why the wording is being changed?

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to speak to amendment No. 2. This is a very welcome amendment, as I am sure the Minister of State's briefing note tells him. Opposition members of the committee were arguing very strongly that the marine planning policy statement should have the formal approval of the Dáil. The amendment provides for that. This is similar to the maritime area plan and the planning framework....