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

That is helpful. If we take the half-sentence that the Deputies are looking to delete, we might say that is okay in isolation, but we have to read what comes before it, particularly in regard to “appropriate architectural urban design and quality standards into development plans”. It is correct that a certain consistency and standards are needed, and it provides for that assessment to happen. Basically, it is the “how” it is being done as opposed to the “what”, for example, how they are integrated into the assessment process. That is the reason for this being there.

I wanted to get a better understanding of where the Deputy is coming from on this, and I have, but this effectively relates to the operation and how it is done under the primary legislation. As I have mentioned, paragraph (n) refers to how it is done in practice on the ground and allows for that assessment to be taken. It would be problematic if we were to remove that provision within it.