Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2025-07-15
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Patricia Stephenson (SD), Labour Panel

I have looked carefully at the amendment against the requirements which need to be addressed under Chapter 2 of Part 9 and I do not believe that the amendment cannot be fully justified within the Bill. There is a strong focus in Chapter 2, Part 9 on the implications for the Exchequer of the two sets of regulations which need to be prepared for the Chapter to be commenced and on the role of the Oireachtas. We are consistent and in line with standing orders. Our concern is that the ruling is more about preventing the massive cost exposure of the new cost rules in Chapter 2, Part 9 than discussing this important amendment because win or lose, the State plays under these rules and they will also have to be rolled out into new environmental sectors. There is compatibility on cost rules. I make this point by way of clarification and argue that the amendment is within Standing Orders.

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Sitting date: 2025-07-15