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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Good afternoon, everybody. You are very welcome back to the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, where we continue Committee Stage of the Planning and Development Bill 2023. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, to the committee to continue our deliberations on this important legislation. I just want to comment that yesterday evening, we lost a full hour...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy O'Callaghan wishes to clarify something.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister and the members.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 797 to 812, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: That is very good. Let us move along then. I will put the question on the section.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: We will move on to a group of amendments that commences with amendment No. 891 in the name of Deputy Boyd Barrett and others.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: No, the Deputy should move amendment No. 891 and then speak about the rest of the amendments in the grouping if they have been logically grouped. It is only when we reach an amendment that we ask the Deputy to move it and call for a vote if necessary.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Has the Minister formulated a logical grouping of amendments that he wants to address?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: I ask to get that as soon as possible in order to give Deputies the opportunity to submit amendments on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: There are about 14 or 16 amendments in this grouping. Which way does the Minister want to take them?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 892, 903 and 905 are related.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Duffy will speak to those amendments. I think my amendment No. 898 is covered by Deputy O’Callaghan’s amendment. Could we take amendments Nos. 892, 903 and 905? Does Deputy Duffy wish to discuss them?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: That will be the headline for today. Does the Minister wish to respond? The other amendments would make provision to include them in the housing strategy and for consultation with them in the development of the housing strategy.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Is the next amendment No. 895?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: Does Deputy Andrews wish to speak to amendment No. 895?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: The Deputy can ask for the Minister's response on amendment No. 895.