Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 7 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Pauline Cadell:
People do not necessarily want their names and addresses in the public domain. When you go to Dublin City Council you cannot ask for your address to be taken off. It will say no, there is a legal requirement for the address to be visible. Initially when it was put online the addresses were taken off but the name of the person remained. However, the fact that you can find out where everybody lives, in this time of social media, people do not feel absolutely confident that they are safe in putting that into the public domain.
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