Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

We are all agreed that, if local authorities were better resourced, this would be more likely to happen. Does the legislation need to be explicit in talking about the goals of good planning, high-quality public realm and multidisciplinary approach? Is that potentially a weakness in the draft Bill that it is not explicit that this is the aim? If the legislation does not explicitly state that is the aim, how can we be confident we are going to get that?