Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Currently, under the existing guidelines it is one of the considerations, but it is not the only one. If local authorities wish – Deputy Ó Broin will appreciate that development plans are a reserved function of the councillors – there is nothing to stop them incorporating a linguistic impact statement into the development plan as part of their considerations for planning in Gaeltacht areas. However, we are looking at it in a more structured way to take away any degree of ambiguity and to provide consistency in the area. That is what we are working on.