Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is grand. I might write to the Minister with a description of the places I am currently looking at in Wicklow.

Planning resources have come up consistently in our pre-legislative scrutiny of the planning Bill. We had a discussion today with the Irish Planning Institute, the Royal Town Planning Institute, the Office of the Planning Regulator, An Bord Pleanála and the regional assemblies on the requirement for staffing resources. If we want decisions to be made in a timely manner and we put tight timeframes on complex decisions, we must ensure the resources are in place to make those decision as we will not achieve that unless we have the right number of suitably qualified and competent people in place. Do we have a long-term view on the resourcing of the OPR, An Bord Pleanála, the planning authorities and the regional assemblies to assist them in the long term?