Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a question on section 4. Could the Minister add his response to his response to Deputy O'Callaghan's amendments? The Minister has been given power to make regulations that could restrict the types or frequency of further information requests at the latter end of the formal planning decision process of the local authority.

Will the Minister give an indication on the record of those regulations? I am sure he does not want to prevent local authorities from asking for information that, in their view, is necessary to make a decision. I know, for example, in the official briefing we got from the Department, they were concerned about consecutive further information requests that could delay a decision. My worry is whether certain categories of further information requests will be excluded in the regulations. How much information can he give us about that at this stage?