Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is grand; I thank Ms Minch. One of the issues that came up time and again in our engagements with An Bord Pleanála, the Office of the Planning Regulator, regional assemblies and local authorities was resources at planning decision level. That big backlog we see in An Bord Pleanála at the moment was outlined to us.

In terms of court resources, such as judges and people to take the cases, the programme for Government commits to reviewing the Planning and Development Act in tandem with the establishment of a planning and environmental court. I accept that is outside of what the witnesses have been invited to talk about today. However, is that something that would help with trying to meet these very tight timelines we are trying to apply to the judicial system here? Is that something that would assist with that?