Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Senator for her contribution. This amendment seeks to oppose generally a transitional provision in subsection (5)(d), which seeks to amend section 37L(5) of the principal Act. Subsection (5)(d) comprises a transitional provision that will allow ongoing substitute consent applications that are before the board but have not been determined by it prior to the new provision's coming into operation to make parallel future-facing planning applications under the new amended provisions of section 37L. Such future-facing applications must be made within six months of the coming into operation of section 5 of the Bill.

This is a typical transitional provision and is considered reasonable, as it extends the provisions of section 37L to substitute consent applications that have not been determined by An Bord Pleanála at the date that the new provisions come into force. Therefore, I must oppose the amendment.