Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Office of the Planning Regulator, OPR, has done some very good work in explaining the planning system and those planning leaflets that used to be out there. People probably do not understand why the whole decision-making process takes 18 weeks or 14 weeks. It would be helpful for members of the public to know that this is what goes on in a planning decision application process.