Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 188, a ministerial amendment, states, “Any guidelines under section 52 of the Act of 2000 in force immediately before the repeal of that section by section 6, shall continue in force until the first issuing of a National Planning Statement after the passing of this Act.” There will be no issue, therefore, with them staying in force. Once the national planning statement has been issued, however, they will be gone, under that amendment-----