Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

If we had time that would be fine but e-planning has taken up quite a lot of time already. Senator Boyhan raised it previously. We might get a chance to return to it later but I need to stick to the seven minute slots for now. I am going to take the next slot myself.

My first question is for Dr. Logue. At the moment, under section 8, which used to be called section 5, it was open to a member of the public or any person to seek a declaration on whether a development is exempted. That seems to have been removed from this draft of the Bill. I would be of the view that it should be put back in, as section 5 was. Are there other issues around section 5? We got no clear evidence from anybody connected with the system that there was an issue with section 5 as it is and yet here we see it being reduced.