Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

As a committee, we all agree that public participation is a vital and critical part of the planning process. It would not be possible for the committee to meet representatives of every residents' association. However, in our view, given the complexities and challenges experienced by the Recorders Residents Association and Terenure West Residents Association, which is comprised of 40 residents' associations, and the Dublin Democratic Planning Alliance, which represents 75 residents’ associations, specialists, etc., the speakers are broadly representative of the challenges faced by residents up and down the country, whether that is in Cork or Galway or rural or urban areas. We are proceeding on that basis.