Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will conclude now. We do not believe that this process has worked as intended. It has not brought about the requisite increase in the number of homes built, and what we have given up is communities having a real say in the planning process on the ground. That is why this review is useful. I remain to be convinced, so if witnesses want to rebut what I have said, that is fine. Fianna Fáil will be formally calling on the Minister to revert to the local authorities for this process, to resource them adequately in that context, and to allow An Bord Pleanála to do the work that it was doing prior to this, which it does very well and in a very competent way.