Mr. Niall Cussen:

There are different strata in the planning process. There is the forward planning process, development management, enforcement and so on. Public participation is at the very core of our planning process. It is my view that there should be very few barriers. Indeed, I believe quite the opposite and that there should be every encouragement for the public to participate fully in the planning process, especially at the plan-making stages, an area that has been neglected in the past.