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

I wish to make a point of clarification. With respect to subsection (3) and the 0.1 ha. I have just checked the details here. The York Road development was originally proposed to be 15 storeys and 48 units. Dublin City Council granted permission for 14 storeys and 35 apartments. Is the Minister of State categorically saying that both under this legislation and, I think, under section 97 of the previous Act, the local authority could have refused the request for a Part V exemption? Was that in the original Act or is it new here? I want to be definitive that the local authority absolutely has the power to say, for example, in a case where the application is for 15 storeys and 48 apartments on 0.1 ha-----