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

Let us take the example of the national quality standards for building. Are we saying that we are not outlining to planners that they be taken into account or assessed? That is all this section is saying. If people are trying to make the case - and I am not saying that the Deputy is doing this - that we are trying to remove discretion regarding the type of design or what is appropriate in a certain area, that is not at all what this is about. This is simply setting out the steps that planners must take within the process; that is all. I do not really have anything further to say on it.