Ms Mary Henchy:

I am comfortable to respond on that. We talked to the sector regarding the importance of the development plan. The matter the Deputy referred to is section 23 which refers to statements and the difference in that regard. If I understand the legislation correctly, it seems to be replacing section 28 guidelines and what were specific planning policy requirements, SPPRs, as we have come to know them. I appreciate the point the Deputy is making that the SPPRs, in particular, came in and were related to very particular aspects of it and almost created two bars for assessing that as a development plan and that of the SPPR. The SPPR took precedence in that sense as the legislation was-----