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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 188: In page 65, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(8) Any guidelines under section 52 of the Act of 2000 in force immediately before the repeal of that section by section 6, shall continue in force until the first issuing of a National Planning Statement after the passing of this Act.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will address amendments Nos. 204, 306, 331 and 769. This list of amendments relates to section 24 of the Bill and the consideration the Minister of the day must have regard to in advance of issuing or amending a national planning statement by incorporating an additional matter concerning the Traveller community. I believe the matters currently set out in the Bill are appropriate for the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: On the points raised by Deputy O’Callaghan, it is about providing accommodation and the range of accommodation. He spoke about new and existing accommodation. We have a loan scheme in place for Travellers to give them the choice if they wish to go with caravans. I got that scheme extended this year. I hope to put it on a permanent footing next year. I am fully aware of the work of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The judicial inquiry requires a lot of consideration.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 155: In page 61, line 26, to delete “centres.” and substitute “centres;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: My colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, read a note for the committee yesterday. Regarding the ESRI, Deputy Ó Broin will appreciate that we should operate based on the final figures.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The ESRI’s previous projections for population growth to 2040 were based on demographics and econometric modelling and had regard to the results of census 2022 and other factors that could potentially influence the situation, such as fertility, mortality and migration trends. The research will outline the projected rate of structural housing demand, having regard to purchasing,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: May I add something? Regarding headship, we are considering changes in family structures and the number of people living in homes, so a great deal of what the Deputy is seeking should be covered under that heading.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will provide them to the committee. I have no doubt that Deputy Ó Broin is aware of them, but I have no issue with providing them. Section 19(3)(a) refers to "identification of nationally strategic development requirements as respects cities, towns and rural areas in relation to employment, future population change, and associated housing, commercial and public infrastructure...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I want to come back to this.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The national planning framework is a planning document that looks at how we will plan in terms of the make-up. I believe that the ESRI's final report will be a key component in the update of the national planning framework in terms of population because the shifts of population are different in different areas of the country. We believe that what Deputy Ó Broin is talking about is...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: No, what I am saying is that the ESRI, when it is considering its report, because the national planning framework is a future planning document-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: When it looks at "future population change, and associated housing," obviously, partly built into that will be looking at its previous projections and at what the current position is.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am not saying that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am saying that when it is doing its work in the normal way, it will have to come forward. We will provide the Deputy with the terms of reference. When it is looking at future population change and associated housing, it will look at demographic shifts. It has previously done work in this regard - this is an update. It will look at structural housing demand. Implicit in that work will...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am saying it is required to give us data to enable us to plan for the future in the national planning framework. When it looks at that, obviously it will consider all aspects, but the national planning framework document is fundamentally about the future.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: SECTION 20

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 160: In page 62, to delete lines 7 to 9 and substitute the following: "(3) Each subsequent review shall be completed before the expiry of a period of 1 year, which period shall begin on the date of publication, by the Central Statistics Office, of the final results of the second occurrence of a census of population of the State held after the completion of the...