Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When we did the substitute consent legislation, there was a very controversial element to it. This is probably a very good time to remind people why it is a very bad idea to introduce complex substitute consent legislation using amendments on Report Stage at the end of another piece of legislation. That, however, was a battle we lost. There was a facility whereby if there was an unauthorised development, let us say a quarry, for example, and there was a desire to apply for substitute consent-----