Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

At this point, and I note discussion on the basis of an explanatory note would have been very helpful on this, we need a very clear explanatory note laying out who has standing at present, what is required to be presented as sufficient interest, and what "directly or indirectly materially affected by" means. If we had a table laying out who is eligible, what criteria they have to meet and what is being proposed with this, we could cross-reference it. There has been a huge amount of confusion about this, starting from right before Christmas. The media probably amplified some of the confusion on it. For anybody listening, a residents' association can apply for a judicial review, as long as it puts three or four names on the application, which could be the treasurer, secretary or chair of that association. We put that to residents' association representatives at the committee the other day and they said that would satisfy them.