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- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Is it okay if we give consideration to the issue?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Yes, it would be.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 104: In page 52, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “Saver for declarations under section 5 of Act of 2000 12. (1) A declaration under section 5 of the Act of 2000 made before its repeal by section 6 shall have effect on and after such repeal as if made under section 10. (2) Notwithstanding the repeal of section 5 of the Act of 2000 effected by...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Amendment Nos. 105 and 106 propose to amend the wording in subsection 12(2). Currently, the Bill provides that a person may not erect, construct, place or maintain listed structures on a public road without a licence. The proposed amendment would add that a person could not "retain or relocate" those listed structures without a licence. It further provides that, in addition to the listed...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: I apologise. Amendment No. 107 seeks to provide that conditions should be attached to require that structures are positioned to avoid obstruction to pedestrians. Subsection 12(7)(d), as I have pointed out, already provides that, in considering a licence, the planning authority shall consider "the convenience and safety of road users including pedestrians".
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 108 seeks to add specific condition requirements for licences to provide that they may not be granted for advertisements or town or landscape maps unless they are in both Irish and English and provides that the planning authority may issue guidance to provide that the Irish text is no less prominent. The attachment of conditions to licences is a matter for the individual...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: It is really a function of the Official Languages Act. I travel a lot, as the Deputy can appreciate, visiting heritage sites across the country and I generally find there is uniformity across local authorities in terms of interpretation of signage and signage in urban centres. The Irish language is always prominent and generally first in the text of a lot of interpretation of signage so...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Amendments No. 109 and 117 relate to Part 2 of the Bill specifically regarding the licensing provisions in section 12. Section 12 restates section 254 of the Act of 2000 with certain modifications and regulates the placement of certain apparatus on public roads. Planning permission is not required where a licence is granted under this section and vice versa. This section does not apply if...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: This relates to the licensing of appliances, cables, etc., on public roads. It restates section 254 of the 2000 Act and regulates the placement of certain apparatus on public roads. Those that-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: It is because they are on a public road.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Planning permission is not required where a licence is granted under this section and vice versa.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: It is to do with the sheer volume of-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Yes, it is a more streamlined process.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: The Deputy will appreciate that there are vast numbers of these as opposed to individual planning applications.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: I will get an answer for the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Two examples would be small-scale electricity and gas network installations.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Another example would be bus stops where the landscape had to be changed to create the paving to facilitate access to a low-floor bus.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Yes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 110 seeks to amend section 12(3) and proposes that licensing shall not apply to security cameras and other measures connected with the security of airport infrastructure within an airport. We discussed amendment No. 109, which clarifies that licences are not required for development which is exempted development. The current planning regulations already exempt the...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Yes.