Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Department, in preparing this, will go through the normal way and it will be looked at legally by the Office of the Attorney General. Once again, the Government takes the view that policy is set by the Government. We are looking to strengthen, and provide more consistency in, the application of policy statements that issue from the Government or policy outlines, which is why we have put national planning statements in primary legislation.