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

Is the Minister of State in a position at this stage to give us any flavour of what that guidance might be? For instance, is the thinking in the Department that the local authority with the larger land mass in the co-ordinated area will automatically be the lead or will it be a question of which authority has the necessary competence, skills and staffing?

The Minister of State and I have spoken previously on the sidelines of a meeting about the City Edge project, which could incorporate a co-ordinated area plan. Again, in that case, two local authorities were involved, including Dublin City Council. Has the thinking on this issue been settled at this point or has it even started?