Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Before Dr. Logue responds, I want to add to my question in order to get better value out of the answer.

There should be a level of oversight and scrutiny, akin to pre-legislative scrutiny, on the statements, with the committee making recommendations. Where a ministerial guideline is issued, local authorities must rectify their county development plan to comply with the national planning statement. That was one of the reasons that existed in judicial reviews where there was a contention between the ministerial guideline and plan. Is what is being proposed here going to rectify that issue? I also ask Dr. Logue to address the scrutiny issue.