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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: I thank the Minister of State. I suggest to Deputy O'Callaghan that we take amendments Nos. 610, 621, 622 and 640 together. There are similarities.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: The points have been well made and the Minister of State will come back on them. Deputies McAuliffe and Flaherty have three or four amendments. Are they logically grouped? Could they speak to them all?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 626 and 628 are in the name of Deputy McAuliffe.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 629 is also included.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: That amendment is in the name of Deputy Flaherty.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Did Deputy Flaherty wish to speak to amendment No. 630, which is solely in his name?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: That concludes discussion on that group of amendments.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 614 not moved.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: I will withdraw amendment No. 620 and reserve the right to resubmit it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: We have received notification that a member will be unable to attend or appoint a substitute. It would be really helpful if we had full attendance in the afternoon and evening sessions because we can get through these votes in a much more timely fashion.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Before we move on to the question on section 84, on which Deputy Ó Broin has a question, I will suspend the meeting until 1.30 p.m. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, for his attendance this morning.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: I welcome everybody back to the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage where we continue with Committee Stage of the Planning and Development Bill 2023. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, back to the committee this afternoon. We will commence where we finished before the break on section 84 on which Deputy Ó Broin has a question.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: The Deputy might as well list all four now and we can go backwards and forwards if clarification is needed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Absolutely. I propose that we go into private session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Ó Broin has a question regarding clarification of section 86.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: I ask Deputy Duffy to take the Chair while I move my amendments in the next grouping.

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. 633: In page 204, line 15, to delete "is eligable to apply for permission and". I will address this amendment and amendment No. 693 together. Amendment No. 633 relates to section 87, while amendment No. 693 seeks to amend section 114. These provisions are about pre-application consultations. I am open to correction but, as far as I am aware, wording is being...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: We have discussed this already. Applicants need landowner consent to be eligible to apply for planning permission.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: Okay. There might be a situation where there is a willing landowner, which means the applicant does not need to go down the CPO route and the consenting process is much quicker than it would be where a CPO is required.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Steven Matthews: I fully accept what the Minister of State is saying. We do not want to tie up planning services in either the local authorities or the commission with speculative meetings with applicants who are saying they might seek planning permission and requesting a preplanning application. I fully acknowledge that point. My concern, on which we have spoken at length, is that we really need to...