Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have a final question. Mr. Walsh mentioned planning. When I hear the word "planning" I feel it would be great if the ground opened up and swallowed us all. We seem to be extremely poor at engagement with the elected representative local authority members - not with the local authority itself. We ultimately find ourselves in the situation where there are objections to planning. One member of the local authority might go rogue and decide to take out an appeal against planning or go to the courts with it. How much actual engagement does TII have with elected representatives, apart from Oireachtas Members in here?