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

I thank Mr. O’Connell for that.

Dr. Duffy will remember that we first met in one of these rooms, probably back in 2018 or 2019, when there was a previous attempt to reform our planning system. We were told at the time - including by his own organisation - that the changes they were advocating for should speed up large-scale residential developments and planning applications. Clearly, that is not what happened. With the benefit of hindsight, what does Dr. Duffy think went wrong from the introduction of the strategic housing developments, the introduction of the mandatory ministerial guidelines, the rising level of conflict between applications and development plans and lost judicial reviews? I am asking because if we make more bad changes to the system that could make things worse.

It would be good for us to reflect on everyone's view on that legislation. Why did it not do what many on the development committee hoped? How can we avoid those mistakes this time around?