Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Cussen.

I ask about resources for planning services throughout the country. We talk about the importance of the three stages - the forward planning, the consent process and the enforcement process.

Is it Mr. Cussen's view that the planning services throughout local authorities are well enough resourced? It is my view that enforcement is always the poor relation when it comes to planning and I wonder what his view is on it across the three different stages. Could he include staffing areas such as biodiversity officers, heritage officers, cycling officers or active travel officers, all of those various intertwined parts of the planning process that are so important for the natural environment and for transport as well?