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

Amendment No. 41 is consistent with my other amendments. If it is accepted, it will delete the lines that prohibit a local authority from only making records available at the point a planning application goes in. It allows local authorities to do that.

I reiterate the point Deputy Ó Broin made. Some of my amendments are prescriptive. If the Minister wants to look at the issue separate to that, it is perfectly fine with me. It is about the principle of seeing whether there is a practical way to get some input in at that early stage. That could be useful. In particular, at the very least, allowing a local authority to seek those opinions by specifically mentioning community organisations, not just people, is a minimal approach to it. We should go further than that.