Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is what I am saying. My point is that they have all been implemented bar one. I return to my question, because, again, the Minister of State has not answered it. We are not talking about policy because we have made it very clear that the Government makes policy, and this is fine. On enforcement, however, I will remind the Minister of State of what the Mahon tribunal stated:

Finally, with regard to enforcement, the Tribunal is concerned that recent changes in the planning system have resulted in an over-centralisation of power in the hands of the Minister for the Environment which is not subject to sufficient checks and balances. Consequently, the Tribunal is recommending that the Minister for the Environment’s ability to give directions to Regional Authorities and Local Planning Authorities should be entrusted to [the] Planning Regulator.

In that context, is it the case that the Government would prefer the final decision on enforcement to be a political decision of the Government rather than a purely regulatory decision of the competent enforcement authority, which should be the Planning Regulator? It is a political decision, really, is it not?