Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

In many instances, it is probably a very direct connection. We are being updated on a regular basis by the Attorney General on what he is doing. His timeline is incredibly tight. He is hoping to do it within the next year and it is a major overhaul of our whole planning system. It is coming from the environmental planning lawyers and others. In the current system, the 2001 Act has been added to in so many instances that it is often hard to understand the legislation, let alone know how to apply it.