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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I could be very ungenerous and say there are times when the planning system grinds to a halt all by itself without any Oireachtas interference or scrutiny. That is an argument for another day. On the last question I asked, does the Minister of State not see any link between the role given to the Oireachtas committee on regulatory changes concerning terrestrial planning and the role under...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The reason for the repetition of the text in amendments Nos. 65 to 67, inclusive, is that they apply to public bodies. It is very important that where those guidelines relate to a public body, they are published on the public body's websites as well as the Department website. Individuals, organisations or communities may track the public body as opposed to the Department, and there is a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. The portal is welcome. I ask him to consider two things. Unfortunately, not all public bodies necessarily have the same practice as some Departments. Equally, not all Departments necessarily operate in the same way. Many of us have difficulty accessing guidance documents and circulars from particular Departments and we end up having to submit...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: We retain the right to return to some of these issues on Report Stage, depending on the Minister of State’s amendments in respect of the related issue.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 57: In page 25, line 6, to delete “section.” and substitute “section, where such additional publication will provide benefit and clarity for the public and/or promote environmental protection.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 58: In page 25, to delete lines 7 to 9 and substitute the following: “(8) The Minister shall, in preparing, amending or revoking guidelines under this section— (a) act consistently with— (i) Article 1 of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive establishing marine spatial planning to promote within the State, the sustainable growth of maritime...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Separate from the amendment, is the Minister of State actually suggesting that there could be a guideline that would not comply with these very clear legal obligations under EU law? Clearly, one guideline might not be relevant to all that is listed, but any guideline that is relevant to any of those directives surely has to comply with them. The Minister of State might have been a little...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I get that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: For clarity, is the Minister of State suggesting that there could be any guideline that would not be compliant with the relevant requirements?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is a simple technical question. Is it the case all articles of both the marine spatial planning directive and the marine strategy framework directive have been transposed into Irish law? Are there any aspects of those directives that have yet to be transposed? Is that what the problem is here?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Fully?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay. I am not trying to drag this out but my question is specific. Are there any aspects of either of those two directives that have not yet been transposed?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay. All I am asking is are there any aspects of either the marine spatial planning directive or the marine strategy framework directive that have not yet been transposed?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Then I assume the answer is "No".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely. I am aware it is a big question. I am genuinely trying to understand and listen to the arguments. If there are clearly bits of these directives that the Minister of State or his officials believe are not relevant to this Bill and that have not yet been transposed, then I can understand some of the comments he has made. If he could respond in writing before the next meeting of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 59: In page 25, lines 8 and 9, to delete all words from and including “, have regard to the matters listed in section 6(3)(a) to (f).” in line 8 down to and including line 9 and substitute the following: “(a) act consistently with the matters listed under section 6(3)(a) to which the Minister is to act consistently with, and have regard to the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 60: In page 25, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(9) The Oireachtas when considering any proposed guidelines, or amendment or revocation of a guidelines under this section, either within a committee of the Oireachtas, or when either House considers motions in relation to a proposed maritime policy statement shall act consistently with the...