Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage

9:00 am

Photo of Ruth CoppingerRuth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I have a question. I acknowledge the Minister's point that one cannot refer to everything but I would have believed the impact of a development on water would be a pretty important one in respect of which he could concede. I am not sure whether Deputy Ryan can tell me whether his amendment is addressing the issue of what we have seen in this country, namely building on flood plains. It is not specifically a matter of the water framework directive but it is something that the planning regulator should specifically-----

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