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

I am not being in any way adversarial but, in respect of legal terms, while they might have different names the process is the same. The Minister and his or her officials design a policy statement which has to have the approval of Government and Cabinet. It then, in effect, becomes a significant change to the planning rules. There is nothing different this time around. It is the enforcement of them that is changing.