Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Let me rephrase the question or the direction I want to go. If it is a statutory document, people are obliged to comply with it in terms of planning and other development, whereas if a document is non-statutory, it is something that may need to be considered but not necessarily adhered to. With regard to Cork and Limerick, which are growing and are two cities with great potential, Mr. Strachan may have mentioned the Cork metropolitan rail improvements that are going ahead there and there is great opportunity for Limerick, as well as the work in Galway. If those documents were on a statutory footing, surely they would then have to be more in compliance with planning matters and, therefore, we would have a better coalescence between planning and transport, which has always been an issue.