Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Just to be helpful, it is not a question of just signalling an interest in going into the SHD process; a lot of preparatory work would have to have been done. You would have had to apply through section 247 as well, that is, through the local authority. You would have to have plans drawn up and the whole lot. Someone cannot just come out and say, "Oh, God, SHDs are going. I am going to go in now and say I am interested in applying, so leave the process open for me." That is not the case. That is not what is happening. I have outlined my position and the reasons for it.