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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 124: In page 59, lines 5 to 7, to delete all words from and including “town” in line 5 down to and including “Office,” in line 7 and substitute the following: “built up area or city identified by the Central Statistics Office following a census of population of the State, .

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 125: In page 59, line 27, to delete “or range”. This amendment seeks to remove the reference to range from the definition of zoning objectives. Amendments Nos. 330 and 333 make the necessary consequential amendments throughout Part 3. The definition of "zoning objectives" relates to the zoning of lands for particular use as part of a development plan....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: On the first point, the main reason the word "range" is being removed is because it causes confusion. This is due to the fact that the word can also refer to data. The view was taken that the section in the existing Act contains the word "ranges" in the context of a mixture of uses. If we look at the original reading of the Act, section 10(2)(a) refers to areas in the development plan...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will go back to the practical import of this. If two local authorities both have development plans, under the legislation, the regional assemblies would be required to indicate where they deem the co-ordinated area plans should be. When they come back, they will indicate where these are. There may be two local authorities with different development plan conclusion dates-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----but one would not expect them to be five years apart. We sought to bring in a practical measure to ensure this is workable. If two local authorities are each doing a development plan and a local area plan and will now do an urban plan, the additional workload involved will be considerable. We want to be certain it is practicable to do the plans and that we give them sufficient time to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes. The legislation is based around new development plans.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: There are current ones. Going back to Deputy Cian O'Callaghan's points, section 70 sets out co-ordinated area plans and the procedure is in section 73. They will be defined procedures. They will go through a structured approach. Going back to Deputy Ó Broin's point, we know of Athlone and Carlow. We will get a list for him. There is no point in-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Carlow is one. We will get the Deputy a list. Under the legislation, the regional assemblies will be required to come up with what they believe to be the locations for co-ordinated area plans. There are current plans already. I am not certain; we will get the deadline dates by which they must conclude for the Deputy.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: When a new development plan cycle comes in, let us assume there are two local authorities rather than three. They may have different conclusion dates for the development plans but one would hope, in time, they will be coterminous because it will be a structurally good process overall. If they are not coterminous, it is important to give some level of flexibility. There may be a situation...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: There is nothing to stop it from doing it earlier.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: No, I think is once one has commenced. Let us remember that one authority has to be designated the lead authority.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Correct. If that is in train, the process kicks in.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, that is correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: No. There are similar plans but on the core point, the Deputy is correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is a point well made. We will clarify on that and come back on Report Stage. Is that okay?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Chair wish me to come back in?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to begin. For the information of the committee, I will be withdrawing amendment No. 662.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Could the Deputy reiterate his point? I apologise but I think I may have the wrong note to hand.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Deputy for his indulgence. Section 45 refers to community facilities, which include education, which by definition includes the Irish language. We believe it is covered within section 45(3)(d) and, therefore, we will not accept the amendment.