Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Gavin Lawlor:
I do not think it is a case of the amount of time. It is more a case of making sure we treat the symptoms rather than killing the patient. One of the biggest problems with these types of things is that they take whatever time they need to take. This is a significant change in national legislation. We have gotten to a point where we are almost in a stalemate with larger projects being dragged through judicial review and things are getting resolved at the end of the process rather than at the beginning, where they should be resolved. This Bill attempts to solve some of those problems. It is laudable in its intent but it is important that we get it right and make sure we do not create another set of open goals for the legal system to have a pop in this world.
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