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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: In his experience, would Mr. Kehoe accept that more significant developments typically go through the planning application process as opposed to section 57, which is generally used for smaller works that may be required?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: That would be welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I accept that point. However, if we want to try to speed things up and not clog up the planning system with an additional workload, we need to think outside the box about how to speed up other elements of the process. I will move to the representatives of the assemblies. In his opening statement, Mr. Minton cited an issue with the extent of the commuting zone in the MASP. Could our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: Is Ms Bannon saying it could potentially reduce the area? I would have said that it could extend-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I have a bugbear around this issue, to be frank. The Waterford MASP, for example, does not include the population of Tramore, which is 8 km out the road from Waterford city, whereas the Cork MASP includes Carrigaline, which is 17 km away. The Galway MASP includes Bearna, which is further from the city than Tramore is from Waterford. I saw the inclusion of a commuting zone as a positive. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: That does not explain the exclusion of Tramore from the Waterford city MASP.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: Perhaps Mr. Kelly could elaborate on that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: The committee will make recommendations in respect of the draft Bill. Perhaps Mr. Kelly would like to send follow-up correspondence to the committee to assist us to form those recommendations. He could tell us how he would like that to be framed. I am being parochial with the particular point about Waterford but the applicability of that example extends to other cities. How do we capture...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I think Mr. Kehoe wanted to make a point. Do the 541 staff referred to previously exist? We have an issue with An Bord Pleanála. We all acknowledge that we need additional staffing and resources but the real question is whether the staff exist.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: Councillor Sheahan referenced the rural planning guidelines. Unfortunately, we did not get to tease this out in the first meeting with the acting chief planner, Mr. Paul Hogan. He did make the comment in that context that he had good news about the rural planning guidelines but he did not get to elaborate on it. We have a mid-term review provided for and that is one of the issues I assure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: Has the local authority made a submission in that respect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I thank Mr. Kehoe. Could Mr. Killian please respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: All politics is local.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: Just to follow up on that, the draft is to be published next month and it would be helpful if we had sight of the comments in that respect. The planners in each of the local authority areas, who are engaging with the sector and know what is appropriate for their areas, are the best people to adjudicate on this. It would be helpful to have councillors' submission in that respect.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Staff (15 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. This is an important matter. It calls on the Minister for Education to introduce a voluntary national post-primary redeployment panel which would facilitate the transfer of teachers from one area of the country to another while retaining their permanent status under contracts of indefinite duration, CIDs. As someone who taught in an...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Staff (15 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I appreciate the Minister of State is only relaying the information he has been given. He made comments in respect of the operation of the pilot voluntary redeployment scheme, which is fantastic for counties Longford, Westmeath, Laois and Offaly, but what about every other county in the country? There are teachers in those areas who want to get closer to home and if there is a matching...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I apologise for not being present at the start but I was listening to the meeting in the car while travelling so I did hear all of the opening statements. I am not sure who made the comment about our international reputation and the difficulty in that regard. If the community outside of Ireland perceives it to have a problem and delay in terms of planning, then we have a big problem. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: Does Mr. Farrell have no opinion in regard to what that would be? We have to make recommendations, as a committee, so we want to very much reflect what-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: Correct. That is the problem. Is 24 weeks or 26 weeks the appropriate time? I am conscious I have to get to the other organisations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I ask for a comment from Property Industry Ireland.