Ms Anne Marie O'Connor:

There should also be guidelines that would help to do this. It would have to be done at the development plan stage because that is when zoning would be done on the basis of the draft Bill. It would be done at that stage and through the planning process. The plan would become much more substantive and something in which communities would have much more stake in getting involved. This is something in which the Cathaoirleach has an interest and previously he has raised the question of how to get communities involved at the plan making stage. If it is substantive and meaningful, and individual planning application decisions are much more aligned to the development plan, it would be the place for this type of decision to be made.