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

Let me make my point. A number of SPPRs have fallen foul of the courts and are no longer mandatory in practice. That is why all the judicial reviews of SHDs in conflict with the development plans were lost. There was a very large number, with which I can provide the Minister of State if he wants. I realise I am not going to convince the Minister of State but I put it to him that some of his SPPRs are no longer mandatory. If they were, the Government would not be introducing a national policy statement system to strengthen what is clearly a flawed section 28 guideline. That is the logic behind amendment No. 222.