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

Yes, absolutely. I referenced this in terms of the obligations to prepare a strategy. The preparation of a strategy, however, also involves looking back at the progress of previous plans. Quite an amount of scoping work must take place in the preparation of the new plan, in developing the new plan, in setting out the context of it and where the city or county stands at a given time in respect of preparing the new plan. This is a constant process that is ongoing in terms of evaluation, looking back and then using informed data to help to better inform the process and see where policies need to be changed or improved.