Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On head 8 and the Minister having the power to prescribe the specific issues that can be addressed by way of further information requests, one of my concerns is that if we restrict what additional information can be requested at that stage, after the substantive decision by the planning authority, we may run into trouble with our obligations under EU environmental directives, for example, or water directives. Will local authorities still have the scope to request whatever information is required to fulfil their statutory obligations under EU law at that stage, notwithstanding what has been discussed at the pre-planning stage?