Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021

Mr. Eamonn Kelly:

Yes. I apologise, I lost the connection there. In a nutshell, as to the way the legislation was drafted, the response is that notwithstanding anybody's opinions we have got much legal advice and it has also been through the courts a number of times. Thus we are very protective of the process we currently have. We know it works and want to ensure it continues to work, in terms of exceptionality. Hopefully that answers the Deputy's question. For that reason we do not intend to change it, again on very strong legal advice.

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