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- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will have to, dare I say, do a little bit of tweaking with amendment No. 188. We will come back and provide more clarity.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: The point the Deputy is making, regarding what is there at the moment, is that he wants to ensure with the guidelines and the process that protected structures continue to be protected. We will come back on amendment No. 188 and give more clarity around that area as well.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Cathaoirleach want me to speak about amendment No. 500?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: Amendment No. 529 is from Deputy Ó Broin and his colleagues.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is very much up to the local authority but we will be encouraging local authorities in that regard. That is one such area. Anything like a planning application that is in train at the moment will be assessed under the 2000 Act. The one area which will provide change is the tiered system. If one has a development plan for a local authority and that development plan comes up for review...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will repeat the note on it and then we can go back on it. Amendment No. 61 can be considered supplemental to amendment No. 1002 as it provides that where development has commenced in respect of a notice issued under subsection (1) of section 59 or subsection (2) of section 60 of the Act of 2000, the development will be exempted development for the purposes of the enacted Bill, once the...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: We can look at amendment No. 188 again and provide that level of certainty on the timing in that specific national planning statement. Second, the intention is that the national planning statements are-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: Amendment No. 529 is tabled by Deputies Ó Broin, Gould, Ó Snodaigh, Boyd Barrett, Bríd Smith, Gino Kenny and Cian O’Callaghan. It relates to section 66 of the Bill and the transitional arrangements for a development plan made under the Planning and Development Act 2000 so that it continues in force following the repeal of that Act. Under section 66(3), the Minister of...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: There are always unforeseen issues.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: No. That is not the intention.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: It really depends on the plan. Covid taught us that we need flexibility around plans. We must provide some flexibility in that area. If a development plan was to run for quite a number of years from now, this would not arise. I expect it will apply to very few plans. If a plan was to come to a conclusion in a relatively short period of time, there might be a case for extending the plan....
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: Correct.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, that is possible. The Deputy is correct; if a plan is coming to an end-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: I would not pre-empt that decision.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: If you look at-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: Section 66 of the Bill, which is on page 154, is titled "Continuation in force of pre-commencement development plan". I refer the Deputy to sections 66(3) and 66(4). Section 66(3) reads: The Minister may, by order, for the purposes of ensuring the effective operation of this Part, vary for such period as he or she considers appropriate, the period for which a development plan continued in...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: Under the directives, public participation is required.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: We value the local authority members. They do great work.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: Any decisions we make would certainly be made in consultation with the local authority and, more particularly, the local authority members.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: The short answer is that I do not know the answer to that question but I will get it for the Deputy. Limerick also saw an amalgamation. I was not a member of the local authority but that work was carried out in a spirit of partnership with local authority members and management. It was obviously an operational matter as well. I will put this another way. If we are bringing in legislation...