Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 236 is fairly straightforward. It requires that the board would, first, make the application available on the website of the board within two working days of it being received, and that the board would make any documentation related to the application, correspondence and submissions available online as soon as is practicable, but not later than three days after they are received or sent by the board. This is very important for public participation in the process and for scrutiny. It is important those applications and documentation are available relatively quickly from the board for scrutiny and analysis, and for involving people so they can have a say and see what is in the application and the detail of it, and that it is available to them quickly and particularly on the website. It is important enough that it needs to be in the legislation. Certainly, in terms of other planning processes there can be issues with that documentation not being available for some time. It puts people at a disadvantage with regard to the time they have. I hope the Minister of State will be able to accept the amendment.