Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The issue is that there are no minimum densities in the guidelines, the specific planning policy requirements, SPPRs, the legislation or anywhere else. It is contended by the Planning Regulator, however, that there are such minimum densities. I spent 20 minutes on a Zoom call with the Planning Regulator who insisted there were such minimum densities but was unable to point me towards them anywhere.

The Wexford county development plan has been framed and minimum densities have been inserted. We are talking about saving the public and getting value for money for the taxpayer. We have two arms of the State, that is, the two main statutory bodies dealing with planning. One states there are minimum density requirements and the other states there are not. As the Secretary General of the Department, does Mr. Doyle feel an obligation to bring that to somebody's attention in order that we do not have to defend judicial review proceedings and waste the taxpayers' money, given that we know about it?