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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Minister about subsection (2)(b)(iii), which is about matters related to the holding of an LRD meeting under section 88, including the provision of ancillary services, where required, including child care facilities. As the Minister might know, there is a significant enough problem not just with the availability of childcare but with how childcare facilities come through...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, and I will come in quickly too.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for the reply. Has the review being embarked upon started? When might it be concluded?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: How long might it take and when might it be concluded?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: For better or worse, there has been quite a change in childcare provision since then. There has probably been a move to larger providers, which likely has an impact.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: We can argue whether this is a good or bad thing. People have different views and there are different views in the sector and this being connected with regulation outside of planning. To ask a final question on this aspect, the Minister referred to the situation in the UK. Is it the case that childcare facilities are fully fitted out in the UK?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister thinks, though, that it is worth examining whether these facilities should be fully fitted out.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Okay, so the space is provided and complies with the guidelines, but there is so much work to be done thereafter that this is an additional barrier for someone who might wish to open a childcare facility.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: There are also issues around the size being too small.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: One of the questions I have on section 172 relates to section 173. It is the same, in effect, so I will just bring it in once and then I have a second set of questions on this. Section 172(15)(a)(ii) provides that the competent authority shall: ... send a copy of such decision, together with a copy of the notice referred to in paragraph (b) ... to— (I) the applicant, (II) the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is not in Dublin Fingal East, though.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Swords is in Dublin Fingal East, but the airport post-boundary review is not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I did check it before I-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: This is the point I was going to make because-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: -----for example, the car parks, which may not be considered Dublin Airport-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: -----will be in Dublin Bay North and not in Dublin Fingal West where the actual airport will be.