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

Senators Higgins's and Stephenson's proposed amendments to amendments Nos. 27 and 28 seek to delete sections 410(1)(c) and 423(1)(c) of the Act of 2024, which provide for the continued vesting of the function of the Minister or the Commission for Energy Regulation under sections 31 and 32 of the Second Schedule to the Gas Act 1976 in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land in respect of a strategic gas infrastructure development in An Coimisiún Pleanála. I cannot accept this amendment. It has been long established that these functions are vested in An Coimisiún Pleanála and these sections merely clarify that the functions will continue to be vested in An Coimisiún Pleanála.
Government amendments Nos. 27 and 28 update two references in the Act of 2024 from the old title of the “Commission for Energy Regulation” to read the new title of “Commission for Regulation of Utilities”.

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Sitting date: 2025-07-15