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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, we can, but I mean-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, in section 84 there are conditions that may be attached to permission granted, for example, “conditions can be attached requiring the carrying out of works (including the provision of facilities)...” It could be there but we will come back, if that is okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I know what the Deputy is trying to achieve.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: We will.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It has to align with transport policy. I will give a commitment to look at it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: As we are looking at the wording around car parking and storage, “parking provision” includes and encompasses all types of parking. That would include-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I appreciate that. This process is about a Deputy arguing the case if he or she puts forward an amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: That is the case. What we are trying to achieve is consensus, in as far as we can. The overarching objective is to improve the legislation. That is the Deputy's role, and it is really appreciated. When I say we will come back to him, we will. We will give due consideration to the proposed amendments. Although we may not be able to take the exact wording of the amendment, there may be a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, it does.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Is the Deputy asking about when an applicant makes a planning application?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Is the Deputy asking if they are basing the infrastructure they put in on the provision of public transport in that area?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes. It is an existing or prospective deficiency in any infrastructure capacity. It can be assessed on the basis of location. Sometimes applications are based on projected public transport provision in the next year or two years or on the basis that a new route will be added or that there will be a new Luas line or a new DART service. It is a consideration and planning applications can be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 15: In page 31, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “ “industrial emissions licence” means a licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 for the carrying on of an industrial emissions directive activity (within the meaning of that Act); “integrated pollution control licence” means a licence...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I will address amendments Nos. 18, 135, 234, 265, 282, 290, 304, 314, 315, 395, 432 and 1189, which have been tabled by Deputy Matthews. This set of amendments relates to a new definition for the national biodiversity action plan along with the insertion of several references to that plan at specified points throughout the Bill. It is important to note that the national biodiversity action...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I have not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: No. Will I address those now?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I can speak to the grouping, if that is okay?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I will address amendment No. 136 as tabled by Deputy O'Callaghan; amendments Nos. 164, 244 and 1171 tabled by Deputy Matthews; amendment No. 199 tabled by Deputy Duffy; and amendment No. 201 tabled by Deputies Callaghan, Ó Broin, Gould, Ó Snodaigh, Boyd Barrett, Smith and Kenny. Amendments Nos. 136 and 164 relate to the national planning framework and amendments No. 136 proposes...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I would like to clarify the point raised by Deputy Matthews on the reference to the National Biodiversity Action Plan 2017-2021. That was the plan in place when the Bill was published therefore the fourth national biodiversity plan covers the period from 2023 to 2030.