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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: All powers in the development process are being taken away from local authority members by the Bill. The Minister will have a direct hand in all the policies related to the national spatial strategy. Regional population targets will take effect with no variation for hubs and gateways. I will not labour the point but that is the nub of problem with the Bill. The Minister will refer to the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: I intended to ask the exact same question as Senator White. Will all areas that have been previously zoned have to be revisited in every plan? I was of the opinion that once a decision was made on a zoning that it would remain in force. Does it mean that when councillors adopted a plan they would have to go through the plan again and reconsider all zonings? On the increase in population...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: I call for silence please. Government amendment No. 23: In page 13, paragraph (c), to delete lines 18 to 32 and substitute the following: "(c) by the insertion of the following paragraph after subsection (5)(a): "(aa) Following consideration of the proposed variation and the report of the manager under paragraph (a) where a planning authority, after considering a submission of, or observation...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 28 and 29 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed. Government amendment No. 28: In page 15, line 10, to delete "last made a local area plan" and substitute "last made that local area plan".

Seanad: Business of Seanad (25 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Before recommencing I welcome the new Member, Senator James Carroll, to the House. I congratulate him and wish him the best of luck. When the debate was adjourned, we were discussing Amendments Nos. 19, 20, 25, 26 and 46. I call Senator Coffey.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: That has nothing to do with the amendments; it has more to do with the section.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: The Senator may discuss that when discussing the section.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 21 and 27 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Government amendment No. 21: In page 12, to delete lines 18 to 28 and substitute the following: "(d) A further modification to the amendment— (i) may be made where it is minor in nature, (ii) shall not be made where it refers to— (I) an increase in the area of land zoned for any purpose, or (II) an addition...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: I support what Senator Cummins said on regional authorities. Other Senators agree on the importance of determining how regional authorities will work in conjunction with local authorities. We saw recently that regional authorities play a bigger role than we give them credit for in terms of the adoption of county development plans. One could say the regional authority plan is sacrosanct...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: The Senator should propose him as Ceann Comhairle himself.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Who else is going?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Change the Government.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: As it is now 3 p.m. I ask Senator Glynn to report progress.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Is the Senator proposing an amendment to the Order of Business?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: That is not a point of order.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: This will have a detrimental effect on smaller towns which want to develop. There is a hierarchy of towns. I come from a county with two hub towns - Castlebar and Ballina. Those towns will have to grow to the projected populations to the detriment of smaller towns. Unless the hub town reaches the projected population, nothing will happen to the smaller ones in regard to water and sewerage...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: There is a hierarchy of towns. The gateways and hubs must grow to a certain level of population, as specified in the national spatial strategy. As Senator Coffey said, the CSO figures are static. Nothing can happen to the smaller towns until the hubs and gateways grow to the projected populations, as specified in the national spatial strategy. There will be no activities in the smaller...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Is the Minister of State saying that in a rural county such as Mayo with a designated hub or gateway town the smaller towns, if they have a plan in place, can develop without the hub or gateway town reaching the targeted population figure? The senior Minister has clearly said in this House that the targeted population figures for hub and gateway towns must be reached before anything can done...