Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Like Deputy Clarke, in my experience of being on a county council, the red tape regarding planning for small things in counties is unbelievable. It is unbelievable that in this case the planning seems to have been completely ignored.

I ask Mr. O'Sullivan to clarify something in his statement. Is he saying that the responsibility should be with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to legislate for this with the responsibility taken away from local authorities and other organisations? Would introducing legislation help in these situations?