Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I think most of us were councillors before we became Oireachtas Members. I remember years ago a full council meeting, lasting for two or three hours, to debate guidelines, the conclusion of which was that guidelines, though important, are only guidelines. The guidelines carry substance and clout but is it the case that where a planner with all his or her expertise and professional knowledge deems some sections of national roadway unsuitable for housing and that development should not happen on them, but that there are sections that could be suitable and which the planning authority deems acceptable, the TII does not generally go to An Bord Pleanála over those?