Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am very concerned by amendment No. 114 on the proposed new section 42 in respect of the hierarchy of the county development plans. I am genuinely interested in the logic of that and what was the thought process. I am not convinced that there has been sufficient consultation with the elected representatives and the managers in the affected areas. Can the Minister of State tell us the areas to which this will apply in the first instance and what engagement there has been with the elected representatives there on this specific proposal? I am not asking about what consultation happened in terms of the boundary reviews previously but specifically on this point. I may come back with a supplementary question on that.

Without wanting to recommence the war, given the difficult week the Minister of State has had in the courts, could he give us a real life example of how this works? Whether it would controversially be the Minister of State's area or another area, I ask him to talk us through how he sees it because I am thinking of-----