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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (12 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the national reform programme 2024 published by his Department on 10 May 2024. [25444/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (12 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will look at a case (details supplied) whereby a teacher cannot register for route 1 primary teaching due to a delay in receiving their QTS, despite having worked at primary level since January 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25764/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (12 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a future Teaching Council CAR system; if the scheme will be re-opened to allow teachers to complete their induction here in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25765/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tourism Industry (12 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if traditional bed and breakfasts (details supplied) will be impacted by the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25773/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (12 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has made any progress in relation to a situation (details supplied) where a victim of a crime has not been given the release date of the convicted person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25762/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (12 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 149. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is any progress update from the high-level stakeholder group on dog control given the recent increase in dog attacks; if this group is due to write a report on the issue of dog attacks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25763/24]

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: How much longer have we for the debate?

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will speak to a few of my amendments relating to the national planning framework and its objectives. In many ways, what we as a country set as our objectives in the national planning framework could not be more important as it speaks to the type of country in which we will live in future years. This is at the crux of the planning system. I want one of the objectives in our national...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 124: )

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I indicated.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I understand that. It is no problem.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is no problem at all. I was beginning to wonder whether some of the Deputies were proposing the community gardens should be placed on roadways, based on the way the conversation was going. I thought that was a very radical suggestion. Some radical environmentalists subscribe to that idea of guerilla gardening, so perhaps that is where that discussion was going. Returning to the...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I would like to respond briefly. What is happening in regard to declarations and exempted development is the Minister is taking the public out of the process, which is wrong, and he is substituting a very limited number of environmental NGOs under very specific criteria. Not only does it shut out other environmental NGOs and organisations but it shuts out the entire public, which puts the...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is, of course, better that one of these organisations would be able to get a declaration than not. Effectively, however, unless the party concerned is the landowner, has the consent of the landowner or is one of the organisations specified, such a party will now be shut out of the process. It may be the case that people could be in an NGO or have access or contacts that would enable them...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is fine; I thought we were going to get a good contribution on exempted development. Perhaps I should not invite it. I will speak to amendment No. 60, which is in my name. This amendment proposes that environmentally significant development would not be exempted. The Bill lists areas where planning permission or public participation are not required. Significantly, it states that...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Article 8 of the Aarhus Convention on consultation on legislation goes way beyond land use regulations where a strategic environmental assessment is required. The Minister might address that point in the context of what he said. On amendment No. 47 and the use of the word "expedient", will the Minister elaborate on why he feels that "necessary" is insufficient there? He is saying the use...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I mentioned Article 8 of the Aarhus Convention around consultation.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, but the Minister did not answer my specific point about Article 8 of the Aarhus Convention on consultation on legislation. With respect, the Minister made a general point that the Bill is all Aarhus-compliant, but I am bringing up specifics and asking the Minister to address them.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan:

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 46: In page 41, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “ “Urban Waste-Water Treatment Directive” means Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment;”.