Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is super. I fully agree with it. On a point the Minister of State alluded to in response to other members, and it is a recurring theme that we have dealt with at this committee, people are very frustrated by the lack of investment and resources in local authorities to make sure that everything in regard to planning, from enforcement to decision-making, is done in a timely manner and to make sure we are adequately resourcing our housing teams. The Minister of State made reference this morning, as did the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, in our Estimates meeting earlier this morning, to the fact there may be some good news from the perspective of that local authority resourcing. I want to put on record that while I fully accept we need to make sure all of our local authorities are resourced, that means all of them and it includes Dublin. I know delivery action plans are under way in Dublin but we need to make sure that our Dublin local authorities, where an awful lot of the planning decisions arrive, are well resourced given it is our capital city and our most urban area.