Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The short answer is "No." There has to be co-ordination between all the plans and a consistent vision for the country or else they will not work. That is why it is important that we put the NPF on a statutory basis in order that all other plans must flow from it. I accept that means delays in some areas but we are talking about the next 20 plus years of the country's development and getting it right and co-ordinated. That is why we must have consistency among them.

We are going through a period of transition - if one likes, a period of disruption - as we transpose the NPF into the three regions and then, from there, into each of the county and city development plans. The long-term benefit of that joined-up thinking will be 75% growth outside of Dublin.