Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Can I come in again briefly? The planning applications can be incredibly complex. They can pull in so many different strands that a planner, inspector or board member has to consider that I have no doubt issues can be missed or mistakes made. Do we need to have a level of significance in that mistake? A planning decision is not like a mathematical equation. There is subjectivity in what decision a planner will come to. There is so much in it that there could be scope to say something is a mistake or an error, albeit insignificant, but a good barrister would say it is still a mistake in the process and the judicial review would be upheld.