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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I will go back to the line “the provisions of the licence shall be deemed to apply to the development” and so forth.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: There is also a reference to consent of the landowner, being the land in the maritime area, but what about the consent in respect of the money in itself, and how the State and public's interests will be properly addressed?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: What amendment are we on now, Chair? Is it amendment No. 290?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: What additional checks will we seek to ensure this type of mistake does not happen again when we are dealing with legislation? I am not looking to point the finger at anyone but it was definitely an omission or error and we do not want to be back here again having to deal with the same issue with future legislation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: On that, are there any legal consequences or implications? Obviously, decisions were taken under the Bill even though this section was not included. Now that things are being reinstated, decisions had been taken so is there a legal implication because of that?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: Do the trustees envisage any legal implications as a result of the change or as a result of that being omitted from the pervious legislation?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: We are reinstating the original legislation that was there. Is that fully intact? Are there any changes to it or is it just being reinstated to where it was?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: These are complex amendments, with an awful lot in them. I am disappointed we are trying to get them all done today, although we want to get this legislation done. I am getting mixed up with the questions and the amendments because a lot of them are related and refer to different sections. What is the rationale for the change that appears to remove requirements from planning oversight for...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: We are being asked to allow for other matters such as foreshore applications to be transferred away from the Foreshore Act to a more streamlined process under MARA, but we are also being asked to do exactly the opposite and remove provisions from the planning Act to be in line with the Foreshore Act. Is that not the case?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I have a number of questions but I am conscious there is an awful lot in this, so I will ask just one final one. There are issues with the internal numbering of paragraphs (b) and (c), which makes it very confusing and unclear. Can this be corrected and clarified?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: What does this do, in layman's terms, if I am going back to my local authority? I remember being on Cork City Council, and one of the biggest issues that we had with rates on valuations at the time was the time it took. I remember when we were trying to balance budgets and cut services, we were waiting months, if not years, to get valuations done. I remember a number of big developments in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: There are a few other issues we could go through on this, but I am conscious that the Minister of State is trying to move this along, and we will accept that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: In layman's terms, the substitute would have the vote in the Seanad and not the councillor who is on either paternity or maternity leave.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: There is an awful lot there.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I would love to have time to go through it. There are interesting points to be made on the sections on vacancy, getting access and evaluation for rates.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: Yes. I have just a couple of questions for the Minister of State. Could he elaborate on the rationale for amendment No. 319? There seems to be extraordinary latitude in allowing someone not to have to apply for a MAC until the second anniversary of the date of the granting of the permission concerned. This is referred to in paragraph (c) of the amendment. It is hard to see how such a...

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: Academic studies have shown that when people are included and empowered to impact climate change interventions, they become much more successful. Far too much of this Government's approach to climate change is to put one group against another. This motion is here today because members of the farming community are scared for their livelihoods and because they have not been consulted, engaged...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (5 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: 214. To ask the Minister for Health whether he will instruct the HSE to schedule a follow-up appointment and resolve the issue of the case of a person (details supplied). [33067/23]