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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There is a logic to this group of amendments. As the Minister stated, they basically relate to key bodies that are responsible for promoting the rights of Irish speakers and the language planning process in particular. They do not just relate to Údarás na Gaeltachta, which has a limited role in the Gaeltacht area, but also to Foras na Gaeilge, which is a State body and a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister responsible is also mentioned in the amendments. Is he or she just taken as a given?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have a brief query on amendment No. 555. Is there a reason it cannot be accepted? Is it that it is superfluous? It is slightly different from the others. It proposes to insert "Gaeltacht Service Town within a Gaeltacht area" after Gaeltacht in section 73(5)(a)(vii). At the moment the section reads that a notice shall be sent "where the settlement or the part of a settlement to which...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is it a ribbon development?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The reason for amendments such as those we are discussing is because of the failure of councils over the years to take into account the linguistic and cultural heritage of Gaeltacht areas. I refer to amendment No. 894. The phrase "have regard to" does not make something compulsory. I put it to the Minister that we are not trying to have regard to anything. There may be a reason why a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister can create another category so he is-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister could introduce a choice based letting scheme, which allows him then-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We know it is not as easy as that, but it could happen.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is huge.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I want to comment on quite a few of my amendments in the grouping, particularly Nos. 322, 326, 332, 341 and 347. They relate to setting out obligations in the legislation to ensure Irish-language-speaking and Gaeltacht areas are considered and to the fore in making development plans. The amendments require insertions and many of them are self-explanatory. They provide that, where we are...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tiocfaimid ar ais chucu. In some ways, it is relevant. Most of these amendments relate to Chapter 5 and the obligations provided for and trying to insert into each things such as preparing a strategy for sustainable development or a housing development strategy relating to the management of areas. They insert the need for the Gaeltacht areas to have a special mention and, therefore, a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will briefly speak to amendment No. 431, which relates to the consultation with the Office of the Planning Regulator that is to take place before a draft development plan is produced. The amendment seeks only to add in any language plans agreed in accordance with the Gaeltacht Act, and to take due account of that. It is not anything major. It is a recognition that such plans have to be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: A number of issues arise. This is one of the simplest amendments because it does what it says on the tin. It sets out obligations which need to be taken into account. In regard to Gaeltacht housing, we know there is a failure. There are huge waiting lists and organisations are picketing Leinster House. Even though the Government has four Acts available to it to try to address the issue...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will not go much beyond the second sentence in amendment No. 390: "assess population and housing current and future needs of each Limistéar Pleanála Teanga". It reflects the point the Minister made. There are varieties within this. This amendment recognises that and puts the obligation on those who are putting together a development plan to recognise it. It is not one size...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Both would be better.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: All listed in the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tuigim sin.