Mr. Niall Cussen:

We keep a long-run view, as it were, of general patterns in developments, planning permissions and so on so as to inform the preparation of the development plan. We have been looking at this issue and will continue to do so in the context of making inputs into the development plan.

I will revert to my basic point.

It is important to consider and reflect on the core strategy of the local authority, the blueprint at a development plan level, particularly in terms of its implications for communities, and to ensure that the core strategy does fit with the strategic plans at national and regional level. Some of the difficulties about which the Deputy is talking about could have been eradicated or addressed if those core strategies were compliant with policy in previous iterations of plans.