Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have one final response to that but the Minister does not have to respond to me if he does not wish to. He is misreading this. The section refers to the "integration of appropriate architectural urban design and quality standards into development plans" and so on. That is what that is about. The issue then is that the Minister is absolutely seeking to restrict the scope within which an individual planner would make an assessment and, ultimately, a decision. We are not going to agree on that but I would much prefer to take the advice of the body that represents professional planners. The Minister is opening up a recipe for very significant confusion and conflict within the planning process. Why is that important? If we increase levels of confusion and conflict that leads to further appeals, delays, and litigation. That has already been the case around this particular area of dispute with respect to SPPRs and decisions, at the loss of millions of euro when cases are taken against An Bord Pleanála for applying a principle not dissimilar to this. The Minister will regret this one.