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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. By and large, the Bill is necessary. Some would say there is a magic wand for solving the housing crisis. I certainly believe that a whole lot of magic wands are needed. There are a number of components that are needed, and this is certainly one of them. In general, I welcome the Bill. Some of the proposed amendments might set things...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: Before we move onto the next speaker, I welcome Michael Coyne and family to the Gallery. They are here at the behest of Deputy Heneghan. I hope they enjoy their afternoon in the Gallery.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: I support the Bill and I will clearly and urgently make the case as to why this legislation is not only necessary but also overdue. We are in the middle of a housing crisis that affects every community in this country. It affects urban and rural, young and old, single people, families, renters and buyers alike. At the heart of this crisis is a basic mismatch. The demand for homes is...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: I have had many inquiries regarding back garden cabins from constituents all over County Kerry. They must be allowed to go ahead and they should also be available for rent. Local authorities should be able to adjudicate on small to medium-sized infrastructural projects by way of Part 8, even where environmental impact assessments are necessary, instead of such projects being sent to An Bord...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This Bill is not as earth-shattering as was presented and may in fact not even deliver any new homes especially given the Minister's announcement at the weekend of new dog-box sizes. Very few developers will turn down the extra golden eggs laid by the Government for them and will start all over again. They will modify their plans rather than go ahead with plans and look for an extension as...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: What is the smallest apartment the Minister of State has ever lived in? What was it like when he was living there? The idea that young people can slum it for a while in a dark small shoebox and build up to something better is deeply disturbing in many ways. The expectation is that young people and not-so-young people, people in their 20s, 30s, 40s or increasingly their 50s, will live in...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: I welcome this timely Bill, which has some very reasonable measures, and the clear action that has been taken by this Government to protect planning permissions currently in the system as we strive to increase the number of houses delivered in this country. From my point of view, as a younger Member of the House, it is an absolute priority for me to see the number of houses being delivered...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Willie O'Dea: I had some queries on the technical aspects of the transitional sections of the Bill, but time does not allow me to go into them; four minutes is a very short time to debate a Bill such as this. However, on the general thrust of the Bill, there cannot be any serious objection to the notion, if we are trying to expedite the housing programme, that we try to save extant planning permissions. ...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the publication of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025. I have listened to some of the Opposition speakers about it and wanting a longer time to discuss it but, in essence, this Bill is about extending the existing permissions and we should not want to take longer to do such a thing because if those permissions expire, it will be the same people who are objecting to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: I sat in the housing committee with the Minister of State last year when the planning Bill was pushed through. We warned at the time of the consequences when the Government rushes through complex and serious legislation. Here we are now, 12 months on, trying to fix the errors. Why is there always a rush when dealing with complex legislation? Instead of learning from the mistakes of the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I thank the Minister of State for his statement, although, unfortunately, I did not hear it. The Bill is not in the summer legislative programme. We have not had any pre-legislative scrutiny, which is a missed opportunity. We should have had more time to hear from the planning experts in this regard. Given that we are taking Second Stage of the Bill today and Committee and Remaining...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I am sharing time with Deputy Gould. When Deputy Darragh O'Brien was the Minister for housing and he launched a once-in-a-generation review on consolidation of the planning and development Acts, one of his main arguments was that the 2000 Act had been amended so many times that the legislation was unwieldy, too difficult to understand and overly complex...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: In addition to the provisions the Minister of State, Deputy Cummins, has outlined, the Bill also provides for amendments to the Act 2024 to clarify transitional arrangements as the planning system moves from operating under the 2000 Act to the new Act. The following approval of the revised national planning framework 2025, which will facilitate the delivery of in excess of 50,000 additional...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: I actually won it but at great cost subsequently, I can say. In response to Deputy Coppinger, as I indicated earlier there actually is a European directive.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes, I know but----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Irish Aviation Authority has responsibilities here.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy O'Brien, will publish a policy framework in the summer in respect of drones. I do think there are issues. There is a balance in respect of the growth of technology and Enterprise Ireland supports up-and-coming technology companies. Drones will be used everywhere in different contexts.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: For fast food?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: I do not agree with it for fast food. I was going to come to that. The Deputy is implying a criticism of Enterprise Ireland for supporting a technology company.