Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to ask Mr. McDonald about the issue of pre-planning consultations between builders-developers and planners in local authorities. He referred to this on page 6 of his book. Does Mr. McDonald believe there was, and is, adequate disclosure of the engagement between planners and prospective applicants, for example? Does he believe there were occasions when the nod was given, essentially in private, to prospective applicants to submit an application for major developments, for example, high-density developments which were higher than might otherwise have been envisaged?