Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We just heard Senator Black say that the Government is trying to deliver things like renewable energy and it is felt that the planning system is holding this endeavour back. Then there is the view that changing the planning law is an assault on people's rights. Both those contexts are trying to protect nature in different ways. Surely we have to articulate where the protections are and how the balance is to be established. We must articulate this aspect and not leave it to the judges.