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

I would not be minded to withdraw on that basis because they are two separate, although interrelated, propositions. If something is not explicit in the plan-making process of the regional spatial and economic strategy, then the very high-level, overarching objectives of the NPF might not necessarily be translated and applied at that regional level in the most appropriate manner. I suspect that if we looked at the list of things for consideration, from the NPF to the regional plans to the development plans, and so on, there would be areas where there is a certain overlap. Therefore, just because something is in the list of items for consideration for the NPF, and that is if the Minister brings back a Report Stage amendment, that should not automatically preclude it from being considered elsewhere in the plan-making consideration. On that basis, I would not be minded to withdraw the amendment at this stage.