Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 February 2024

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have about 14 that the Deputy listed there. I do not think they are all directives either. All I am saying to the Deputy is that we can provide clarity separately. We have not left anything out. Everything is in the right section. There is no conspiracy here. We are not trying to hide anything. The Bill is better drafted now and relevant to the sections in which the directives would be within this consolidated Planning and Development Bill, which will become an Act. I get the point and members may want to press the amendment. If they come back with an amended amendment on Report Stage that they believe in all good faith provides greater clarity, it will be looked at but I have to go by the advice I get from the drafters in the Office of the Attorney General.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.