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

Cian O'Callaghan: Regarding the circular issued in 2013, have the Minister of State or the Department carried out an analysis in respect of bonds or any issues arising from them in the interim? The Minister of State indicated that bonds are the answer. Could he show us the analysis which backs that up? Could he publish the analysis or share it with the committee?

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Has any analysis been done by the Department over the past ten years?

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

Cian O'Callaghan: What section?

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I will make a comment in response to the Minister of the State and I will then speak to amendments Nos. 610, 621, 622 and 640. The approach being taken in the Bill on a range of other matters is not to leave things to local authorities. There is a great deal in the Bill that does not leave things to local authorities. When it comes to issues that affect thousands of people who buy homes in...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: In this amendment I am trying to make sure that the local authority does a better job when it comes to bonds. That is what the amendment would do.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: It would make sure that local authorities did not fail people on this. As legislators, it is our job to craft legislation in a way that does not leave things to the local authority but instead makes sure we address where there have been huge failings all over the country that are continuing. There is an opportunity to fix that in this Bill but the Government will not take it. All the...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: It is positive that the Minister of State, in advance of Report Stage, is going to look at the possibility of specifying what areas should be taken in charge because there should be clarity and certainty around that. However, that is only part of the equation. There should also be certainty around the timelines on this. The Minister of State has said that the process can take time, the...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: When I was considering putting forward these amendments, I looked at this section and wondered whether to amend it. I thought that was not the correct angle to come from. The only timelines the Bill has in respect of taking in charge relate to a local authority's decision on a taking in charge request that is initiated by residents or a management company. The local authority may decide...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Section 84(3)(h) could refer to the phasing of the development and the sequencing of works but it does not ensure timely completion of public areas and their being handed over to the local authority and taken in charge. It absolutely does not ensure that. Sections 84(3)(j) and 84(3)(k) simply allow for conditions around maintenance until such time as those areas might be taken in charge,...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask the Minister of State to consider, in particular, amendment No. 640. That is the one.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 610: In page 198, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(k) conditions determining the timeline in which the local authority concerned will take in charge of roads, open spaces, car parks and other public facilities;”.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 621: In page 199, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following “(u) conditions specifying the public areas and amenities in the development that will be taken in charge by the local authority concerned, including roads, footpaths, bicycle lanes, open spaces, car parks and other public facilities and the timeline for this to be completed.”.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 622: In page 199, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “(u) conditions specifying the infrastructure to be taken in charge by Uisce Éireann, including sewers, watermains or drains and the timeline for this to be completed.”.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 625: In page 199, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: (4) Conditions in subsection (3)(g) will specify that any bonds accepted by planning authorities as a form of security will be index linked, provided by operators regulated by the Central Bank and sufficient to cover the cost of satisfactory completion of the development.”

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 640: In page 210, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “(3) An application for standard development shall specify the public areas and amenities in the development that will be taken in charge by the local authority concerned, including roads, footpaths, bicycle lanes, open spaces, car parks and other public facilities. (4) The taking in charge of...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 641: In page 210, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “(3) An application under this section may be in the Irish or English language.”.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 647: In page 212, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(10) Notwithstanding any other enactment, where an application for permission for residential development situated in a Limistéar Pleanála Teanga Gaeltachta or a Baile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta in the Gaeltacht is made by an applicant who is competent in the Irish language, the...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 648: In page 212, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(10) When making an application for permission under this section, the applicant shall upload the application, and the accompanying documentation, on a website maintained by or on behalf of the planning authority.”. This relates to when a planning application is made and the planning...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for his response. When I drafted these amendments, I considered those issues around accessibility. Another way to tackle the issue could be that the provision could apply to applications for more than one unit. What sort of developer will put in an application for ten or 100 homes and not be able to do the application in this manner? I accept there will be some cases...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: The vast majority of people get their information with respect to planning applications online. That is when they have the opportunity to look at the drawings, plans and so forth and take a view on matters. Until that information is available, it is impossible for most of the public to participate. The clock starts to tick when the public, for the most part, does not have access to...