Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport

Mr. Kenneth Spratt:

It is not necessarily the way the Deputy described it but the Minister is keen there would be some competitive tension between the local authorities in order to encourage them to get their ducks in a row, get their works done and get their planning and any other needed permissions sorted in order that they would get their projects rolled out. There is that incentivisation or encouragement of local authorities to get going with their pieces of work. The Attorney General is quite keen that this analysis of the planning system, which would be fairly focused, fairly short and fairly sharp would be done with a view to, as I said, trying to identify where improvements can be made without in any way undermining people's rights to be heard and to have their concerns-----

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