Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-06-21
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John Cummins (FG), Labour Panel

I have been thinking about what the Senator has suggested on all of the points and I keep arriving back at the same point. If I am applying for something adjacent to a site that requires substitute consent – let us say I want to build a house - why in my right mind would I attach an application for a genuine development to something so toxic that it requires substitute consent? I would not do that. One would not attach a proper clean development to something that requires substitute consent and is viewed as being so toxic. I would just go through the normal planning process. No matter what way I try to arrive at a point that matches the suggestions made by the Senator, I keep arriving back at that point. If someone has a genuine application for a house or other building on adjoining land, they would go through the normal planning process. No one in their right mind would ever tie something to a toxic development that requires substitute consent.

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Sitting date: 2022-06-21