Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-06-14
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Malcolm Noonan (GP), Carlow-Kilkenny

I am coming to this debate from the last session. The whole point of substitute consent is to seek regularisation and to protect the environment. It is a key point that the developer in a parallel application must show bona fides. The substitute consent application is assessed as per the section 177K criteria for exceptionality. I hope that clarifies the matter. The Senator mentioned she might bring some other elements on Report Stage so I wanted to give that clarification.

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Sitting date: 2022-06-14