Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I get it. I understand that; it is if there is an emergency situation. I just want to establish on the record that the Minister or Government of the day can say in an emergency situation that a scheme is to get planning or not as the case may be. We have established that. That is good.

In its deliberations as a board, does An Bord Pleanála take full account of the habitats directive, for example?