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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It will ensure the review will be carried out every ten years. The section on the national planning framework provides that the national planning framework in effect at any time must plan for a period of more than ten years and not more than 20 years. It will modify section 20(c) of the Act to link the review of the national planning framework to the census results. The first review shall...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The Bill also states in section 20(3) that: “Each ... review [should] be completed before the expiry of a period of 2 years, which period shall begin on the second occurrence of a census of population...”. Section 20 (4) also states: “Without prejudice to the requirement in subsection (3), the Government may review the National Planning Framework before the expiry of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes. That is okay.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank Senator Boylan for raising the issue and providing me with the opportunity to update the Seanad on the steps my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, is taking with regard to this important matter. The building regulations set out minimum standards for the design and construction of buildings and works to ensure the health and safety of people in and around such...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Certainly, we are not waiting for the EU. It is worth reiterating that the building regulations are performance-based and technology and material neutral. These regulations are subject to ongoing review in the interests of the safety and well-being of persons in the built environment and to ensure due regard is taken of changes in construction techniques, technological progress and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. The case study she has presented is obviously challenging for the family involved. A key priority for the Government is that everybody should have access to sustainable and good quality housing to purchase or rent at an affordable price, built to a high standard and located close to essential services, offering a high quality of life....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Certainly I will take this back to the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. I will speak to him personally about it. If all parties are in agreement, it is important to engage proactively on the ground with the AHB and the Housing Agency to try to get this matter resolved as quickly as possible. On the suggestion about having a person allocated, I am not sure about that but certainly I can...

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: Yes, unless the person knowingly provided false or misleading information to the planning authority or the commission.

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

Malcolm Noonan: It is in relation to enforcement.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes. There is no time limit in respect of a section 10 declaration. The local authority could take enforcement action and use the declaration as a defence.

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: Yes.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, that is the case. The third party can go to the courts and seek an injunction themselves.

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

Malcolm Noonan: No, they cannot.

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

Malcolm Noonan: No.