Grace O'Sullivan (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The final date for submissions is 3 November. Can the Minister tell us what the process will be from then onwards?

To reiterate what my colleague, Deputy Eamon Ryan, said, he raised the important point that the budget is linked and must be linked to every single thing that we do every day going forward. The current budget for the draft plan is lacking. I ask the Government to consider the weak budget that has been provided for the national planning framework. We need to take an eco-system approach to the whole thing. I agree with the Minister that everything must be interconnected. This year's budget is significant and funding must be rigorously examined in terms of the draft national planning framework and the final plan. I would like him to answer my first query about the timeline for the plan.