Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2025-07-15
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John Cummins (FG), Waterford

I cannot accept the amendments proposed by Senators Stephenson and Higgins because what they are seeking to achieve is already achieved by Government amendment No. 20, namely that a housing strategy under the Act of 2024 can only be either the housing strategy saved by way of section 68 or 69, or the housing strategy in a new development plan made under Part 3. Amendment No. 20 amends the transitional provision in section 242(12) of the Act of 2024 for two purposes. The first is an amendment, similar to those discussed, that updates a reference to the housing strategy included in development plans continued in force under section 68 of the Act of 2024 to also include a reference to a housing strategy included in a development plan prepared, or varied, in accordance with section 69. The second purpose of the amendment is to clarify that references in the Act of 2024 to the housing strategy include a housing strategy under Part V of the Act of 2000 included in a development plan until the replacement of that development plan under the Act of 2024.
Amendments Nos. 29 to 31, inclusive, are consequential amendments to Amendment No. 20. They ensure that references to the housing strategy throughout the Act of 2024 include any housing strategy that is carried over from the Act of 2000.

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