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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am just saying.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am just saying that anyone in any office would be looking to do their job to the best of their ability. It is not a process in isolation but, ultimately, the Minister has to make the decision on the basis of the advice he or she receives. I do not think you can get away from the fact that the OPR is making a recommendation to the Minister. It is not just providing a bulk of documents but...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: May I explain? That is not quite the situation. The position is that if a national planning statement is issued and the director decides in the regional assembly that there is a need to amend a RSES, that will come before the councillors on the regional assembly. Those councillors have a key role to play.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: If they decide not to and the OPR disagrees-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is the way. It is the same as any development plan process. We can beg to differ but I feel that what we have included in the Bill is quite consistent.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The record of the OPR to date is very good.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I think it does that but we can beg to differ.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: To which amendments is the Deputy referring?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The councillors serve a very good role in terms of their reserve functions in that area and their own local areas. The Deputy asked about councillors and public consultation by the OPR. The answer to both questions is "Yes".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will have to come back to the Deputy on that technical point.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is relevant to the section.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I suspect that it is pending the outcome of the OPR's consideration. I suspect it is suspended until the Minister makes a decision but I would like to get a technical note on it. That would be the logical sequence. This section is about the regulator deciding.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Ultimately, it will be suspended until the Minister makes a direction.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: It comes from the OPR, not the Minister.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 291: In page 91, to delete lines 33 and 34 and substitute the following: “(iv) the Commission, (v) the National Transport Authority, and (vi) any other body, as the Office of the Planning Regulator considers appropriate.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 294: In page 92, line 15, after “and” to insert the following: “in the summary of submissions submitted to the Minister under subsection (12), which will be considered”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 295: In page 93, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(13) The Minister may prescribe a period or periods that shall be disregarded for the purposes of reckoning any period referenced in this section.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 296: In page 94, line 2, after “any” to insert “summary of”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: They are all in the one grouping.