Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the point the Deputy is making. At the outset of section 42, it is stated "A planning authority shall prepare a strategy for the sustainable development and regeneration of the functional area". Section 42(2)(a) refers to "the prioritisation of ... measures to facilitate compact urban development, including the development and renewal of lands or sites within existing developed urban areas".