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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: Okay, so a licensable abstraction over the 2,000-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: Will a licence issued under head 13 - "Regulations on the licensing of abstractions" - apply to an abstraction that is already in place and, therefore, is not subject to an environmental impact assessment under the correct name for that but is subject to consideration of its effect under a number of characteristics of environmental impact assessment? Current abstractions prior to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Ó Coigligh for his clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: To return to Natura sites and EU directives, the explanatory note under Head 13 which relates to Heads 11 and 12 refers to "conditions to be attached to a licence; for reporting and monitoring; and for conditions where an abstraction is necessary in the national public interest but is affecting the achievement of the environmental objectives of the water body.". We are talking here about a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: Then the objective is always to pursue mitigation measures that will bring it back to compliance, is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: On Brexit and cross-Border water bodies and extractions, have we allowed for provision in terms of the environmental impacts of abstractions over the Border? If it is done on a river basin management level, will it pose difficulties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Ó Coigligh and Ms Connolly for their very helpful engagement. I thank them for their submissions and answering all of our questions. It is clear from the questions of the members and their attendance that we are all concerned about the water supply and its management. Water is a very finite precious resource and a basic human need so we need to take care of it as best as...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (14 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: 108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will recommend an extension of the timeframe allowable for medical reports in respect of driver licence renewals (details supplied). [30385/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (14 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied). [30423/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Dawson and Mr. Hackett for their attendance and submissions. I will speak first to the travel agents. Like other Deputies, I have met many travel agents from across Wicklow and south County Dublin throughout the pandemic. It was an insight into a business that I knew very little about before this. It became apparent to me that it is very regulated, there is great safety for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: So am I.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (13 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: 34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will investigate the existing grants that are available to assist in purchasing electric commercial vehicles through SEAI in view of the fact this only applies to vehicles such as vans; and if it has been considered to expand this to include cars for commercial use. [30103/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building for a school (details supplied). [29711/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: 544. To ask the Minister for Health if yoga studios are permitted to operate under level 3 restrictions; and if they are able to facilitate classes that adhere to all other advice with regard to social distancing and other guidelines. [30227/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: We are in public session. We will continue discussing the work programme. We finished last week with Senator Cummins and were moving on to Senator Boyhan's suggestions. Members were circulated with an updated proposed draft topic in which I tried to look at all the different categories and issues that members wanted addressed. There had been quite a lot of repetition, as would be expected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: What I am trying to do is put this into a number of categories. I have it down to 26 but we might end up with 30 by the end of the day. We might say there is too much in one category and that it needs to be split. I am happy to do that and we can agree on it as members. If we have a section on water, we may want to break it down into water supply and water quality. I will go through...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: It was I who added the national monuments if we want to include them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: Then there is a media file on wastewater treatment plants. We have covered that under the Irish Water category, I think. The Senator has an item referring to the Planning Regulator. I have included that under category 14, the Office of the Planning Regulator. The witnesses under that category would be officials from that office and from the Department. I think the Senator had another point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: That is the possibility of inviting the Land Development Agency, LDA, before the committee. It is covered under category 7. It has been discussed already and it was agreed to put it in the work programme as Land Development Agency briefing, LDA and Department. Under No. 10, the committee is asked to consider the practice of inviting a number of city and county council chief executives to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: We will consider that under ministerial business.