Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Yes, but if a utility or a company gets a licence to lay down cables under the road surface, for example, is the local authority's ability to refuse a road opening licence based on previous poor reinstatement of works not limited and restricted?

The companies effectively have a right under this Bill, understandably, to get a licence for putting in these cables.