Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2020-12-16
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Eoin Ó Broin (SF), Dublin Mid-West

I move amendment No. 8:
In page 4, line 17, to delete “appropriate” and substitute “essential”.
Amendments Nos. 8 to 12, inclusive, relate to section 3 of the Bill, and specifically to powers being given to the Minister to extend emergency periods applying, for example, to planning decisions of a local authority or An Bord Pleanála or, indeed, public consultations of various kinds. Obviously, this is a measure relating to Covid-19 and, therefore, Opposition Deputies are minded to support the intention. However, we have a number of significant concerns with the way in which these powers have been outlined.
On first reading the Bill and when I listened to the debate in the Seanad-----

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Sitting date: 2020-12-16