Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Not on the sole grounds. It has been part of a reason for a refusal but not the sole reason. We are future-proofing our planning legislation. We are not just trying to deal with situations that have occurred. The Deputy mentioned population growth and the new targets we will need. This is to provide absolute clarity and does not cut across the flexibility available to a planning authority to refuse planning permission on a whole range of grounds. The Deputy mentioned infrastructural deficits and all those types of things. It does not cut across those at all. It is about providing absolute clarity to planning authorities that there are no false ceilings in that regard in line with good and proper planning, as we move to a proper plan-led approach with this legislation.