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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 331 relates to section 41 and the written statement of a development plan and seeks to require that such a statement allow for the zoning of land for the particular use of providing affordable housing, as defined in Parts 2 and 3 of the Affordable Housing Act 2021. The purpose of land use zoning is to indicate the development management objectives of the planning...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I am not going to accept the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: To respond to the Deputy's question, and obviously I will not speak about the specific sites referred to, under Housing for All, housing of all tenure types is being delivered at scale by this Government. The record speaks for itself in this regard. It is starting to have an impact on the ground right across the country and in Dublin as well. I refer members to Part 7 in the context of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I would like to come back in finally.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I appreciate the points the Deputies made. The 20% social and affordable target is already in the LDA Act. There is also this committee's report on the land value sharing and urban development zones Bill. We are giving consideration to the pre-legislative report on that. Specifically, the development plan sets out the overall use from a planning point of view. There is no distinction...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 207 relates to section 24 of the Bill and the considerations the Minister of the day may have regard to in advance of issuing or amending a national planning statement. The amendment seeks to broaden the scope of national planning statements by incorporating an additional matter concerning the recognition, protection and regulation of night venues. The matters currently set...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Those were important contributions. It is an important debate. Deputy Ó Broin is correct that I have a huge interest in this area. We have both stood on stage in the past. I am director of a theatre company for young audiences and it is always a struggle to find appropriate spaces to put on performances. It was a hugely important part of what we discussed when we put the programme...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I quoted section 46 of the Bill and the reference to the "Obligation to prepare strategy relating to the creation, improvement and preservation of sustainable places and communities." I went on to quote from section 46(2)(a). That is referenced in the Bill. It is an area in which I have a huge interest and it is critically important for urban centres as we try to reimagine and repurpose...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I will point to section 43(2)(e) of the Bill. The section relates to an obligation to prepare strategy relating to economic development and subsection (2)(e) requires the strategy to include objectives relating to "identifying the attributes of particular places within the functional area that are essential to enhancing economic performance, including the quality of the environment, cities,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Cultural strategy is the responsibility of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. There are provisions in the Bill that would support such a strategy. As I outlined, section 43(2)(e) refers specifically to "cultural facilities". It is well catered for. I absolutely appreciate the points the Deputies are making in relation to this. I go back to the points I...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: At the outset, I point out there has already been significant discussion in regard to the Irish language and Gaeltacht areas. More than 160 amendments have been discussed to date in regard to the Irish language and Gaeltacht matters as they relate to national planning statements, national planning policy statements, development plans and planning applications. This group deals with a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I will address amendments Nos. 228 and 231, tabled by Deputies Ó Broin, Gould and Ó Snodaigh, and amendment No. 235, tabled by Deputies O’Callaghan and Ó Cathasaigh, which relate to regional spatial and economic strategies. Amendments No. 228 and 231 seek to amend section 26 to include an objective in a strategy supporting the viability of any Gaeltacht communities...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I did.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 254.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Just amendment No. 254, yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Amendments Nos. 292 and 293.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 239 jointly tabled by Deputies Ó Broin, Gould, Ó Snodaigh, Boyd Barrett, Smith, Kenny and O’Callaghan seeks to amend a matter in respect of which regional spatial economic strategy must include provision for the preservation and protection of the environment and its amenities, including the archeological, architectural and natural heritage of the region, to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: In that context we will. It is important that we do.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: We use the term restoration primarily with regard to nature. Over the course of the past couple of years in particular, we have seen how it has become an essential component of biodiversity policy. Restoration of historic and heritage buildings is already embodied in the national architecture policy and other policies and strategies from our Department and others. We separately have the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 240, tabled by Deputy Duffy, seeks a similar amendment to expand the scope to include enhancement of the environment, as well as preservation and protection. While I cannot accept the amendment, I give a commitment to look at the other wording as per previous amendments. We will give consideration to it. It is not necessarily further expansion but it is different from...