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

I am talking about amendments Nos. 507 and 514 on development plans and amendments Nos. 561 and 567 on area plans. Is it the Minister of State's understanding that those regulations will allow for some element of public participation, particularly given that members of the public will have participated in the plans themselves? Does the Minister of State anticipate that there will be a specific role for councillors in those processes? I am particularly keen to hear a response on those two points. I will make one rebuttal point before the Minister of State replies. There is no role for the Oireachtas in this. There is no guaranteed role for the Oireachtas in the national planning statement. I do not want to reopen the argument but for the record, there is no formal role for the Oireachtas in either of those processes. It is subject to the good intentions of the Minister.