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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 30:In page 46, to delete lines 26 to 29 and substitute the following:“(8) The Government shall submit the draft of the revised or new National Planning Framework, together with the Environmental Report and Appropriate Assessment Report to a vote of each House of the Oireachtas before it is published and will be bound by that vote.”. Amendment No. 30 relates...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I commend the Minister of State on his work on this plan. I am not being critical but trying to help him. If he goes down the road of not having a debate in the Houses, he will be penalised for it in years to come and there will be political mud thrown from all sides.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Minister of State will eventually throw mud at other political parties when they are in government and he finds himself unable to unravel what he has done. A decision to avoid proper democratic scrutiny by the Oireachtas of a major national plan brings us into dangerous territory. This is the sixth plan and also the largest date with the longest timeframe. It is wrong that there is no...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: They are separate.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I am disappointed, to say the least, at what the Minister of State has said. He appears to be trying to paint the picture that there is some misunderstanding on our part regarding these amendments. I assure him that there is no misinterpretation. Project Ireland 2040 was published by the Government and no Member of the Oireachtas outside Fine Gael or the Independent Alliance was invited to...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is true.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Only Fine Gael and the Independent Alliance were involved. It is not the people's plan, it is a political one. Until the Government gets buy-in from the Houses, it will continue to be that way. It was a grave mistake. To give an example, neither of the two Fianna Fáil Deputies in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency was invited to the launch. While one of them turned up, he was not...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I accept fully what the Minister of State just said, but on page 45 of the legislation, at subsection 2(b), he will note that the national infrastructure priorities to address the strategic development requirements referred to in paragraph (a), which is the national planning framework, are included. As such and irrespective of what the Minister of State says, this is the only opportunity we...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We are here for the good of the country and we are raising issues of national importance. I acknowledge that everyone has his or her own priorities and I am not for one moment suggesting that any Member of the Oireachtas would vote against the plan in any event because it is a good plan and it concerns the future of the country. If the Government had full confidence in the plan, it would...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Absolutely. It could be done at other times. For example, the Seanad does not sit on Mondays or Fridays and nor does the Dáil.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We do not have to delay anything here. There are ways around it. The charge was made against other plans which were introduced, including the national spatial strategy introduced by a Fianna Fáil Government at the time, that they were political plans. How can that charge be levelled with any sense of reality when the same charge will be levelled at this plan if the Government does not...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 31:In page 46, line 34, to delete “revised.”.” and substitute the following:“revised.(10) The Government shall cause a copy of an annual review of the revised or new National Planning Framework to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas for consideration and debate and shall cause a copy to be sent to the relevant Oireachtas Committee....

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I have listened to the debate and I agree fully that marine spatial panning deserves recognition in the Seanad and in the Dáil, and it deserves clarity and a plan. However, I am concerned, to say the least, at the manner in which this amendment is being introduced. It refers, I believe, to section 7 of the national planning framework and policy objectives 38, 39, 40 41a and 41b, which...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Yes. I am referring to amendment No. 1 in terms of the national planning framework, and-----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----section 7 of it deals with marine spatial planning. There is a complete lack of parliamentary scrutiny of this. I have a later amendment on that and will speak to it when we reach it. In respect of the marine, this is obviously an amendment to fulfil a European obligation. I have no issue with the amendment but I would like clarification on its objectives. I presume it is to realise...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I was unable to be here, but I am today, which is why I am discussing the amendments.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We have other engagements in the Houses also.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: There has been no feedback whatsoever.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: No, I am referring to the submissions made.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jun 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is the responsibility of the Department of the Minister of State.