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

On the regulations the Minister of State spoke of, will there be one set of prescribed bodies with some catch-all caveat the OPR can dip into or will there be separate lists depending on the category of issue at hand? The second version could be one set of regulations that say, "For these types of issues, here are the organisations we definitely want you to consult and if you want to include anybody else you can. For this kind of issue, it is a separate list." It is important we get clarity on that.

I am interested to know about the submissions. This is in the context of the OPR having looked at - in the instance of the first amendments - the regional spatial and economic strategy and taking a view there is something that is "materially inconsistent". Is the submission specific, so the prescribed bodies are being asked to give a view on the issue the OPR believes is "materially inconsistent" with, for example, the national planning statements? Is that what they are being asked to make the submission on? That would be very clear and defined. Is there a wider scope? Can the Minister of State give any indication of the scope of the prescribed bodies? Will it be different from the existing list of prescribed bodies we discussed with respect to other existing plans, plan-making and planning decisions?

Deputy O'Callaghan's points on the summary are important but I presume there is nothing to preclude the Minister and his or her officials from checking the wider submissions. I imagine some of them will have to do that anyway. Is it, like with the process for a county development plan, that summaries are done by the director of planning services for the elected members but the wider submissions are also provided and, if they have a query, they can dip into it? More detail on that would be helpful.