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

Genuinely, I wanted to get an understanding of where the Deputies are coming from but I think it is wrong to remove that. Deputy Ó Broin spoke about just leaving that piece with local government. The planning authorities will deal with the planning applications and their development plans. This is around the process of the national planning statements to make sure they are not just transposed but operated properly in each of the 31 planning authorities or local authority areas and in an coimisiún pleanála.