Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed)
2:10 pm
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
If the Deputy is asking that we come up with a way of providing the necessary transparency such that people can see what is going on during the screening process, such as the raising of a red flag in relation to issues arising, I am prepared to look at that. The point I am making is that what the Deputy is seeking to achieve may already be provided for. The NGOs, particularly environmental NGOs, generally tend to work collectively. They often elect members to particular bodies and so on that represent the interests across a broad spectrum of NGOs. I would be surprised if the environmental NGOs named on the prescribed list were not reflective of the broader consensus in that area.
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