Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 7 September 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (LSRD) Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Mr. Paul Hogan:
It is subject to consideration but there are issues with people being distracted by what was discussed. I think we used the term "filter" at negotiation. People need to understand what the proposal that is being subject to determination is and what the issues are relating to that as opposed to necessarily what might have been discussed at that filtering stage or as part of the overall negotiation that led to the application. Obviously, at some point, it is useful for all of that information to be available in the public domain. The question is whether it is better to do this after the decision has been made. That is generally the way with pre-planning information.
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