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- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise. I might have misunderstood.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: It will be the same as it was with the national marine planning framework.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: On that point, the Minister of State can take from the discussion there is not disagreement on the substance of where we all want to go. In order to have the maximum level of public confidence a public debate on the floor of the Houses, much as it might be painful for the officials to have to listen to six, nine or 12 hours of us droning on again, followed by a formal vote, is a helpful...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Before we move to vote, and we can do this after the decision on this, I asked the Minister of State to give us more information, if possible, on the discussion on the interim measures. This speaks to amendment No. 38.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Will the Minister of State outline in a little more detail his proposed public consultation with respect to his amendments to this section? Did I misunderstand him earlier when he said he had amendments to this section outlining some public participation consultation?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: It is at a later stage. Will it relate specifically to the policy statements as well?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Okay. We can deal with that when we get to it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I am happy to withdraw it. We may return to it on Report Stage.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Apologies, I think I asked this in the first round of questions but we have hit the Minister of State with so many questions I appreciate it might have slipped. I know I cannot hold him to a timeframe but what would the hope or expectation be, in terms of the passing of this Bill, for when that first statement would be produced?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 33: In page 24, to delete lines 5 to 14 and substitute the following: “(3) The Minister shall, in preparing a marine policy statement, or an amendment of revocation of a marine policy statement— (a) act consistently with— (i) Article 1 of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive establishing marine spatial planning to promote within the State,...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Is the Minister of State is appealing to my more generous nature?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I am happy with that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 34: In page 24, line 5, to delete “have regard to” and substitute “must comply with”. Before I withdraw the amendment, I ask the Minister of State to consider, with his officials, the point I made about terrestrial planning legislation where two different formulas are used in certain circumstances. As my colleagues and I will probably...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: It is to ensure continuity of that boundary.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Perfect. Therefore all this does is mirror that territorial boundary. I thank the Minister of State.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 38: In page 24, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “(g) any interim measures to protect areas of the marine environment as agreed by Government.”. I withdraw the amendment.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 39: In page 24, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “(g) the EU Birds and Habitats Directive, the OSPAR Convention and the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red Lists. (h) the policy submissions from fishing representative groups relating to maritime planning and existing fishing grounds.”. I withdraw the amendment.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: The adoption of amendment No. 40 would make everybody's life in the Department much easier. There is nothing wrong with lobbying, which is carried out by lots of different organisations, commercial organisations, NGOs, Deputies and Cabinet colleagues, etc. I will show why amendment No. 40 would make everybody's life easier. As the Minister of State will remember, we had discussions on the...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Yes. Let us all make sure that we hear each other properly. When I raised in a previous discussion whether the policy statement would be subject to strategic environmental assessment and appropriate assessment, the Minister of State said "Yes". Then I asked him where was it specified in the legislation.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Is amendment No. 118 a Government amendment?