Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2022-12-08
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Malcolm Noonan (GP), Carlow-Kilkenny

I again thank the Senator. I know she has a major interest in the issue of rights of way. The existing operations of the foreshore consent regime have not encountered any difficulties regarding the interference with existing rights. The Bill is not providing for or introducing any new regulatory powers or amendments to the consenting arrangements that prevailed before doubt was cast over the definition earlier this year. This proposed amendment is, in my view, unnecessary and would require further examination for unintended consequences in this complex legal area, therefore, I am rejecting it.

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Sitting date: 2022-12-08