Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There have been many definitions or interpretations of what sustainable development is, such as equality between economy, society and environment. Have we done that on balance over the years? Is it not time to try to rebalance more towards environment being the main aim with society sitting in it and economy sitting within that. I could not find the definition of sustainable development. I was happy to see it in the witnesses' submission, but I cannot find it in the Bill. We will come back to that.

I will talk about Part 9, the section on judicial reviews. What are the witnesses' views on the planning authority being able to correct "any error of law"? That is how it is written in section 249(5)(a). Do they have a view on that and how it may impact on a decision?