Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Vice Chairman and I were involved in local government and generally local authority officials and members will try to agree processes and bring stuff together. One does not bring in a string of Part 8s that are going to fail, because it does not work for anybody and it is a waste of resources. Generally, a lot of work is done before one gets to Part 8 stage but it seems it is not getting to that stage. A record of Part 8s will not give us a true picture of what is going on. The records for every county will show the demands and unmet demands and that it was we have to address through all the different mechanisms as quickly as we can.