Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister and the officials. The Minister will be pleased to know that the briefing we got the other day dealt with a number of questions.

My understanding is NIFTI is ensuring that the national strategic objectives are being adhered to and that, when anything is being assessed, all other factors need to be taken into account, including the national planning framework and anything that has been determined in relation to rural living or climate action goals. That makes complete sense. Will the Minister walk us through the process in relation to how that is happening? He spoke on the radio about the fact that planning is complicated and can be incredibly difficult and trying to get anything done in transport takes too long. What are the pieces of work being done to deal with that? Some of that might be what the Attorney General is looking at as regards the overall system of planning. That is two questions in one.