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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 1059: In page 570, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: "Entitlement to Compensation 389. A person from whom land is acquired pursuant to a compulsory purchase order to which this Part applies is entitled to be paid compensation in accordance with the subsequent provisions of this Part.". We have this large group of amendments. However, they all relate...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive response and for providing some clarity on the publication of the proposed land value sharing and urban development zones Bill. We are conscious it has been long awaited. It is on this basis that we proceeded with these amendments. As I said, we had already produced a Bill that passed on Second Stage in the Dáil in June 2021 on this very...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I am sure that the Chair would be delighted to add another Bill to the portfolio of the committee.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Absolutely.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: That is very welcome. It certainly speaks to our amendments Nos. 1075 and 1076. I will withdraw those in light of what the Minister has said and reserve the right to bring them back on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Regarding the other amendments, the earlier group, these are about the CPO process more generally. Again, I understand that the Minister said he is reviewing these issues generally-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: -----in light of the Law Reform Commission's report. He will be assessing the findings of the Law Reform Commission during the process of this Bill. Am I correct in saying that?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his clarification. To be clear, there will be a separate Bill related to CPO processes following this legislation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: This speaks to a broader issue with the Bill, and I said this earlier in front of a Minister of State here. Every stakeholder that we speak to now is very concerned about the number of amendments being made to this Bill as it is in process by the Government. There is a sense out there that the legislation was produced prematurely before the ducks were in a row. It does not make sense to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Chair. Just to finish, I wish to check that there will be a separate Bill on CPO coming through after this legislation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I am not sure that was an agreement.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Yes. I am withdrawing at this stage but reserving the right to resubmit. We will look again at what the Minister has said. I thank him for the response.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Precisely. I thank the Chair.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to raise with the Taoiseach an issue I have been raising for some time with his predecessor and, indeed, the Tánaiste, namely, justice for survivors of Thalidomide in Ireland. I know the Taoiseach is well aware of this scandal. I have worked closely for some time now with the Irish Thalidomide Association and Ms Finola Cassidy, in particular, on the need for a State apology and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Will the Taoiseach make a commitment today to engage with the Irish Thalidomide Association-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: -----to secure a resolution of this issue for the survivors and their families?