Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In my earlier comments, I said this is two pieces of legislation. I will first ask representatives of the Irish Planning Institute about the An Bord Pleanála elements. I am very worried about the volume of workload for whatever entity oversees planning. My question is a simple one. Given the significant infrastructure projects - of principal concern to me is metro but also the BusConnects project - along with the increased activity in the housing market which we have seen over this year and hope to continue to see, is the current structure sufficient to allow for that increase in activity? Unfortunately, delays have been the hallmark of An Bord Pleanála.