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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: 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...

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

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 241 tabled by Deputies Ó Broin, Gould and Ó Snodaigh seeks to amend section 27 of the Bill which concerns the content of regional spatial and economic strategies, RSESs. The Bill provides that an RSES shall make provision for a number of specified matters, which include the preservation and protection of the environment and its amenities, including the archaeological,...

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

Malcolm Noonan: In a similar vein, amendment No. 243 tabled by Deputies Ó Broin, Gould and Ó Snodaigh seeks to include a reference to historic landscapes in section 27(1)(m). The subsection as drafted provides that an RSES shall make provision for a strategy relating to landscape and landscape character that co-ordinates the categorisation of landscapes in terms of their capacity to absorb...

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

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 245, tabled by Deputies Ó Broin, Gould, Ó Snodaigh, Boyd Barrett, Smith, Kenny and O’Callaghan, seeks to amend section 27(1)(n)(iv). This section, as drafted, provides that a strategy relating to economic matters would include, among other things, identification of the means of maintaining and augmenting overall regional economic performance in accordance with...

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

Malcolm Noonan: I have two points in response. I did say that the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, would look at amendments Nos. 151 and 154. The wording of amendment No. 154 is the "promotion of sustainable development consistent with a focus on improving human health and well-being and the establishment of metrics and criteria for evaluating these considerations and monitoring them within the life of the plan"....

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

Malcolm Noonan: We will give consideration to it, yes.

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

Malcolm Noonan: I agree. We have given that commitment both on amendment No. 154, by the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, and to see if wording could be included in section 27 as well.