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

Mr. Cussen cannot really answer that question. Under the OPR's remit to monitor the planning system, does it take issue with the schemes that are flying in the face of our development plans? In south Kildare, people are horrified by some of the planning permissions that have been given in villages. Mr. Cussen talked about not wanting one-off housing, but applications to build a block of apartments in a small village with no school or transport infrastructure must ring big red alarm bells in his office when they come before it.