Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is an important point and is one of the reasons each mandate of a council is a five-year term. I set a development plan in 2009 and 2010 and Dublin city was a very different place in 2020. Unless we made changes in 2016, it would not have been fit for purpose. Given that development plans have an impact even five or six years after they come into existence, that is a crucial point.

Unfortunately, I have run out of time, but I will come back for a second round.

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