Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Does the Department not see fit to ensure that An Bord Pleanála is always bound to adhere to a development plan? What is the argument against that? It is dangerous enough to cut out the local authorities' planning sections and going straight to An Bord Pleanála, but there is no rationale for not subjecting An Bord Pleanála to the development plan, lock, stock and barrel. Can the Minister of State give me an argument against that?