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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: It also has to take account of what the demographics are.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am always wary when someone says so.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: In terms of sequencing, the housing strategy in section 219 will be prepared first. Obviously, that will inform. When you coming up with the overall housing development strategy, it is a spatial strategy throughout the development area. However, the core document in terms of housing is the housing strategy. That is why it is more pertinent to have it in terms of the household side. The...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: No.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The housing strategy is around looking at our population and the needs and the housing needs demand assessment will form part of that consideration. Each local authority will go through it. They will look at what the housing strategy is overall. When they are looking at the development plan, they are looking at their geographical area within the development. They are effectively doing a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Amendments Nos. 359 and 363, tabled by Deputy Matthews, the Chair, concern the requirement that a housing strategy must include, in relation to specified settlement sizes, an estimate of the land to be zoned for residential or mixed uses to accommodate the population and housing growth targets and ensure there is sufficient land zoned having regard to existing capacity and planned investment...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Cathaoirleach is asking about sporting and-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Section 46 states that the strategy shall include objectives for the provision, or the facilitation of the provision, improvement, extension and preservation of amenities, facilities and services to meet the social, community, recreational and cultural requirements of the functional area, including the needs of children, the elderly and persons with disabilities. We believe that section...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: We understand the import of what the Cathaoirleach is saying. I am not speaking directly to the Chair, but rather answering a question in the general sense. If we are too prescriptive, we run the risk that the development plan will not cover every aspect. There has to be an element of discretion and judgment and I am conscious of the role of elected members at local authority level. One...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: What proposition is the Deputy referring to?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Amendment No. 364-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Amendments Nos. 364 and 372 are grouped. The Cathaoirleach wishes for me to deal with amendments Nos. 365 and 367.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will deal with them.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: It might be helpful to read the notes on both as they are relatively short. Government amendments Nos. 364 and 372 insert an obligation into each of these sections to provide that a housing development strategy shall also include an analysis of vacant and derelict land or sites within the area and an estimation of the number of housing units that could be activated from the land or sites,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Well, we listen occasionally.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, the derelict sites will include buildings on those sites. As the Deputy is aware, we have a derelict sites register. We are looking at it-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----and how it is functioning. In addition, each local authority now has a vacant homes officer. The message is out there that if local authorities require further vacant homes officers or assistants, they can put in applications to the Department. They are carrying out a survey of vacant homes in their local authority areas. I do not have a full update on where that is at the moment,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will come back to the Deputy on that. I want to make a very quick general observation. We want each local authority to have defined units that deal with vacancy and dereliction. Some local authorities are highly effective in that area, while some are not. We want them all to come up to standard. We have given extra resources and put in place the vacant homes officers and the town...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: We have combined amendments Nos. 370 and 381.