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

I have pretty much said most of what I am going to say to be very honest with the Deputy. It has been a good discussion and I will be coming back on Report Stage. It is better to channel Gaeltacht planning matters through a development plan. I will bring forward a proposal to have priority area plans as well. Right now, the OPR still has oversight over all development plans and it makes sure that the written statements in the plans themselves are consistent. National planning statements will be very important, and this is something we will discuss later in the Bill. One of the issues all Deputies who are present have discussed is how in some instances, there are inconsistencies between how certain planning matters are dealt with by different planning authorities. National planning statements will give that a much greater weight. Tiocfaidh mé ar ais chuig an gceist sin ar Chéim na Tuarascála. Beidh sé níos soiléire ag an staid sin freisin. Ní bheidh mé ag glacadh leis an leasú seo nó leis na leasuithe eile.