Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I think it would be worth considering. We are pulling the two stages together to add efficiencies. I do not think it would undermine that efficiency to give a longer public notice that the substitute consent process has begun. I just make that point.

We have talked about extending what was available to quarries, under section 261A of the Planning and Development Act 2000, for planning applications for any development. I understand that substitute consent would have to be achieved before the planning application aspect could be considered, and that is fine. Are those forward-facing planning applications for retention or could they be used for expansion? Where there is intensification of use, could they be used to seek to rectify that? Is that what we are talking about there?