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

What is the planning rationale behind BUAs? Is it simply that this is what the CSO does and the Bill and future planning legislation have to be aligned with that? In coming up with this definition, did the CSO have a planning rationale? In relation to amendment No. 124 and the distance of 100 m between dwellings referred to in section 15, is there a planning rationale behind the latter or is it just an arbitrary measurement that the CSO has come up with? The section also refers to 50 occupied dwellings, so that excludes vacant dwellings. Is there a rationale as to why vacant dwellings are not counted? I just want to understand what is intended.