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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...426, 448, 481, 534, 538, 542, 546, 615, 616, 618, 793, 794, 1154 and 1188 as tabled by Deputy Steven Matthews. Amendments Nos. 31, 144 to 146, inclusive, 197, 198, 236, 538, 542 and 546 relate to transport-orientated development. Amendment No. 426 relates to the indicative alignment of active travel networks. Amendment No. 793 relates to access to public transport and active travel...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...system fit for future planning challenges. The built environment, the urban environment, is one of the four largest emitters of greenhouse gases, as the Minister of State knows, along with energy, transport and agriculture. The Minister of State is right that we have legally binding emissions reduction targets across every sector, including the sector of the built environment, but we do...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...what Deputy Matthews is trying to achieve with amendment No. 14. That can vary depending on type of development and location. Deputy O'Callaghan mentioned issues around the growth of housing in rural Ireland and how unsustainable that has been. Work is ongoing on rural housing policy. We should develop and grow our urban centres in a compact way. That should be the priority and that...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: We differentiate between urban and rural areas when we talk about sustainable settlements and sustainable transport strategies. Although transportation needs in rural areas are often different from those in high-density areas, we should not differentiate between them when we talk about sustainable settlement patterns. They should apply countrywide. A rural dweller has as much desire and...