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

Steven Matthews: I will bring in Deputy Ó Broin on this issue.

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

Steven Matthews: We have had a very long discussion on this amendment. I ask the Deputy to be as brief as possible.

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

Steven Matthews: The Minister has responded to the points made on the amendment. I will move on. I suggest that we take amendments Nos. 202, 203, 205, 206 and 210 together. They all propose additional insertions after section 24(1)(n).

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

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 212 is slightly different from the others, which all propose insertions after section 24(1)(n). I invite members to speak to the amendments.

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

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 205 proposes an insertion after line 9. We will take them all------

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

Steven Matthews: I will not curtail the Deputy. He may speak to amendment No. 205 as well.

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

Steven Matthews: Does Deputy Ó Broin want to speak on amendment No. 203?

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

Steven Matthews: I would like the Deputy to speak to all his amendments in this group.

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

Steven Matthews: We should get back to the amendment.

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

Steven Matthews: I call Deputy O'Callaghan, who will be followed by Deputies Ó Broin and Boyd Barrett before it goes back to the Minister. I do not want have a big policy discussion. I ask Deputies to stick to the amendment.

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

Steven Matthews: It was just amendment No. 210.

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

Steven Matthews: I will go back to the Minister now. We have had a good round on this.

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

Steven Matthews: We will hear from one Deputy at a time. We will hear from Deputy Gould, who indicated, and then go back to the Minister. We have had a really good chat about this and I want to get back to the amendment.

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

Steven Matthews: This discussion is not on the amendment and I will not allow it. The Deputy is not speaking to the amendment so I will go to the Minister.

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

Steven Matthews: Deputy Gould is out of order.

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

Steven Matthews: The last notice I had was that Deputy Gould had been withdrawn from this committee. I do not know if he is back but we are speaking to an amendment here.

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

Steven Matthews: Well, I do not know.

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

Steven Matthews: The Minister is playing into the objectives of some people. I want to stick to the amendment and move along with the legislation.

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

Steven Matthews: The Deputy may come back in on amendment No. 205 and then I will go to Deputy Boyd Barrett.