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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Will the Minister of State outline the sufficient provisions that do exist in this Bill to designate? I have set out clearly the types of habitats or features that would be protected by this. If we have a Natura site and an SAC, for example, very strong conditions are imposed regarding what can be done within those areas. The conditions regarding natural heritage areas are a little less...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I accept that is a good section - it is wide ranging and covers a lot - but it involves setting out a strategy. Does it enable the local authority to draw a line or circle on a map and say that this is a site that needs to be considered if development takes place?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Okay. That is fine. Obviously, it is done through the development plan process under that strategy. I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I appreciate that the Minister of State will look into this further. When the TPO process is going through, there is a consultation with the land owner and the land owner can make the submissions. That happens when the TPO is being made. I am talking about a process that will apply when the TPO has been made and has been in existence for some number of years. I am seeking to ensure there...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 954 to 956, inclusive, and amendment No. 979 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Ó Broin. I will now go to Deputy O'Callaghan. I think we will have quite a bit of discussion on this grouping, so I will allow the time for that. I know Deputy Bacik wants to discuss her amendment as well. We will try to do the amendments in a logical order if possible.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Does Deputy Bacik want to come in at this point?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: My apologies, I did not see the second dot here. That is actually in the next grouping. We are on the grouping containing amendments Nos. 954 to 956, inclusive, and No. 979.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: You will be the first in the next group.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I ask the Minister of State to respond to the initial questions from Deputies O'Callaghan and Ó Broin.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: This is for the benefit of people who may be watching. One of the reports of the Office of the Planning Regulator had an annex that outlined in some detail judicial reviews that were determined between 2012 and 2022. Some of that data is available and people may not be aware of the fact. I just wanted to say that for clarity and information.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Callaghan to respond, and then we will move to the amendments.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I suggest we take amendments No. 954, 955 and 956. They are insertions into section 250. Is that logical?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Yes. They are all insertions into section 250, in the interpretations.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: We can deal with the first three and then go back to amendment No.979.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Could we leave the cost regime until we get to that-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: We will just deal with the timelines. A JR is a two-way process. It is not always in the control of one person to determine how long it will take because someone can look for a stay. It is probably a difficult question to answer definitively. I will give the Minister of State an opportunity to do so.