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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, I am aware of that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Where does it say in the section 137(4)(b) that the contractual commitments are under the MAC?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I know it has to do with maritime development and section 137(4) has only to do with maritime development.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It does not refer to contractual commitments in relation to the MAC. It just refers to contractual commitments entered into by the person who made the material alteration.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: There could be other contractual commitments. People could make contractual commitments with their investors that are not to do with the MAC. Someone could say to investors they have this maritime area consent and planning permission, that they will go in for a material alteration, that they need a particular level of investment for it and that the investors would get a particular level of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It does not specify that it is a contractual commitment specifically on a MAC. It could be any contractual commitment, surely, with investors, promises made to investors and possibly unreasonable promises made to investors. Does this not open all of this up?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Their hands are not completely tied by contractual commitments but they must have regard to contractual commitments. It is an unusual provision in planning law. There is nothing comparable to this in land-based development. As the Minister of State has confirmed, it is maritime only.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: But if this were a good way to do planning why is it restricted to maritime? Why is it not being done on land?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It does not say that, it just refers to contractual commitments. This is much broader than the MAC. It is implicit that it is maritime development and that the contractual commitments are related to the MAC.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: How is it implicit? Obviously they would have some relationship because the person is making the material alteration-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: But it does not say that. The wording does not say that it only applies to it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The rationale of this is contractual commitments relating to the MAC. Why is it necessary even to have this wording? Why does the provision not just refer to the contractual arrangements relating to the MAC? Why is that not specified. Would that not be much cleaner and tidier?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Why does it not say that? If that is what is meant, why not say it in the legislation?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That would be great.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: On subsection (3)(b)(i), which relates to additional material being available for inspection, given the day and age we are in, should the additional information available for inspection not be available online in order that most people can access it?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is just that elsewhere in the Bill there is not that level of flexibility and timelines are much harder. It is almost an ongoing theme of the Bill to try to tighten up timelines, so why in this instance is it felt that this makes sense?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, but in other areas where deadlines are not met by applicants, there are not get-out routes like this.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, but does it not then create a situation where they are more likely not to comply with the subsection-----