Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My point is a different one because I do not disagree with that at all. The issue is that where very significant changes to the planning code are made either through the new section 22 statement or the old mandatory ministerial guidelines, if the Bill does not have a formal role for the Oireachtas, including Oireachtas approval, that creates a problem in terms of democratic legitimacy. Planning is often about public consent. Likewise, if the Government of the day says it is elected, has a mandate and wants to change the rules, if that change conflicts with the development plan that elected members worked hard on and put in place, we are now putting in place a speedier system by which the Government can assert the legal primacy of those planning statements. That is a fair description of it.