John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses spoke about the community-driven focus on rightsizing or whatever we call it. Could they flesh it out? I would like to know more about that. What often happens is that the first time a community gets wind of a development is when it appears as a planning application or proposal. How do we facilitate early conversations that do not spook the horses but get people into an open conversation to consider a piece of land in the county that may lie idle - may be completely unused even as amenity space - on which a development incorporating rightsizing could be built along with the amenities associated with modern developments.