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- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: Is the amendment being pressed?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: Following on from what Deputy Ó Broin said, there was some very serious discussion about amendment No. 605. We accept that the Minister of State is going to press the amendment but there are changes to be made to this provision.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: I think the Minister of State has been quite clear.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: Yes, very quickly. Then I want to comment on this amendment and then I want to move on.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: I will call Deputy McAuliffe and then I want to make a point on this.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: I note that. It is my understanding the Attorney General's advice is not published. How it would end up in the public arena is a matter for the Office of the Attorney General to investigate. Deputy Ó Broin said this may be related to a decision that was made in Wicklow. For the record - this is a publicly available document - it is my understanding that the decision in Wicklow was...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: Well-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: The matters raised within the planners’ report do refer to a greenfield peripheral location.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: It is a public document. It is online, if anybody wants to have a look at it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: I move amendment No. 608: In page 197, line 30, after “is” to insert “owned or is”. This is a matter I raised during pre-legislative scrutiny. The amendment refers to section 84(3)(a)(ii). I could not recall what answer I got during pre-legislative scrutiny or if I was satisfied with it, so I submitted this amendment. A condition can be attached to a grant...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: I accept that. I just wanted to clarify it. Amendment No. 609 relates to section 84 and specifically to conditions requiring the provision of open spaces. I had an amendment put into the Wicklow county development plan that where we were putting in provisions for open spaces that they be adequately located, centrally located and overlooked for passive surveillance reasons. That was...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State. With the Leas-Chathaoirleach's agreement and if it is okay with the Minister of State, I will speak on amendments Nos. 611 and 617 before resuming the Chair.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: Where the Bill references provision for storage of recyclable materials, my amendments propose the inclusion of the words "and compostable" in both subsections (3)(l) and (3)(n).
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: I am glad to hear that. If the Leas-Chathaoirleach is agreeable, I will also address amendment No. 631.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: We often see in planning applications a reference that details are to be agreed before commencement of works. I understand there is a default period. I am seeking in this amendment that when details are agreed, or deemed to be agreed due to the expiry of time, those details will be entered in the planning register. I have encountered situations where the conditions applying to a planning...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: Did the Minister of State refer to section 349(3)?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: Section 349 deals with the planning register. Is it specified anywhere in the Act or the current regulations the manner in which agreed details or details deemed to be agreed should be entered in the register? Is that currently covered within the regulations or legislation?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: Will the Minister of State consider its inclusion? It would be helpful for the process.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: Deputy O'Callaghan has a number of amendments in this grouping. He may address them in whatever order seems logical.