Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

On the issue of material contraventions, I have received information from planners who are really concerned about decisions being granted to developments where they are effectively not feasible, in that they go against the development plan that a residential set-up should not be in a village. For example, putting 200 units into a small village just does not work. I am not saying they are all wrong but some decisions have been granted about which planners are really upset. Whatever the witnesses may be saying, it does not seem to be happening in the context of the process.