Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Obviously, I do not agree with the local authority planning section being bypassed anyway. I am bemused that the Minister of State thinks this is holding up developers because I do not believe it is as big an issue as he makes out, given that developers have loads of permissions already granted and are not building on them. The Minister of State is saying that An Bord Pleanála may adhere to it but in legal terms it is "may" rather than "shall". If we have "shall" rather than "may" for An Bord Pleanála regarding the development plan, we will get better decisions at the end of the day.