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

I will not labour this but I might make the point one more time. There is a compelling case, in respect of the data that comes in from each census regarding the population, demographic trends and so on, that each national planning framework would be reviewed each time data from the census becomes available. What is the reason for not doing that as a matter of routine in the legislation? I acknowledge there is nothing to prevent it happening but often, due to resource issues, what is required in legislation is all that happens. It can be rare that additional reviews are put in and so on because of the resources they take. What is the rationale for not automatically tying in the national planning framework, which is key to our whole planning system, with each census? Is there a rationale in that regard?