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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will speak first on amendments Nos. 203 and 206, and then I will move to amendment No. 205. On amendment No. 203, the points have been made well by others with regard to disabled people and the planning system. I will give one example. In my constituency, new housing has been built in the past few years in Baldoyle. There is a train station right next to it in Clongriffin but the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is the fact that thousands of homes can be put into in an area with a good park facility and good amenities, and then through that planning the local authority is able to just lock these. It sounds ridiculous that you should have to have a condition that the public toilets will be open or something like that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: They are locked up the entire year, yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: For 365 days, yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: No one is able to access them.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am giving this as an example because it affects-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: There is no point in planning facilities that people cannot access.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is a complete failure of planning to have thousands of new homes with a park and public toilets that people cannot access. That is a complete planning failure.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am using this as an example with regard to women in the local community. Their ability to enjoy the amenities that are planned for are not what they should be. It often comes up in the context of feeling safe in public spaces, the lack of public lighting or poor public lighting and maybe no public lighting in some of the amenities. All of these things are part of the planning of new...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Deputy McAuliffe raised valid points and I understand them. I wish to respond directly to them. First, does providing cultural spaces, better public lighting and all that sort of stuff come at a cost? Potentially, it comes at a cost. However, if affordability was running through our entire planning system, it would be much more cost-effective to provide housing at affordable rates and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is related to this and the issues that Deputy McAuliffe raised. It means affordable housing delivery, or all housing at more affordable rates, and delivery of cultural and youth spaces is much more viable. Regarding active land management, the problem with our planning system compared with other countries is our land management is far too passive because we are not pursuing...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is why we need a range of actions.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: On amendment No. 203, I know the Minister commented a good bit while he was speaking but he might respond on why he is not accepting amendment No. 203. I made points around the need, when designing and planning areas, to take into account-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I strongly disagree with the Minister. We made the point that we know one is not restricted from doing this but not having it in the legislation does not give it the priority needed. We put forward the case strongly that the planning system has failed a number of people, including disabled people, in their ability to access essential public infrastructure. That is happening now. Given the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: On amendment No. 205 - being very clear on this - while pages 403 and 404 deal with the housing strategy, and not taking away what is there regarding Part V on the affordable schemes the LDA is doing, as well as approved housing bodies, the not-for-profit sector and local authorities, this amendment is about affordability permeating the entire planning system as an absolute goal over and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: We did not speak to amendment No. 207.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: We spoke to amendment No. 206.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thought it was amendment No. 206.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I certainly did not say anything on amendment No. 207. I know it is not my amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The way subsection 24(2) is written means that even if the word were "shall", paragraph (a) would still say "such other Ministers of the Government as the Minister considers appropriate". Subsection (2) is already qualified by the phrase "such public bodies as the Minister considers appropriate" and "any stakeholders or other persons the Minister considers appropriate". Paragraphs (a), (b)...