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

They desire to ensure that a councillor who is elected midway through a ten year development plan cycle would get the opportunity to shape either the review or the revised plan. The premise of the Minister of State's refusal to accept the amendment lies not so much with the substance of what I am proposing, but with the knock-on consequences, some of which are unintended-----