Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I accept the Minister of State's response on that and thank him for it.

I refer to amendments Nos. 462 to 464, inclusive. Amendment No. 462 proposes to include "submissions or observations made by public representatives" in this process. The relevant passage in the Bill states:

A report under paragraph (a) shall— (i) list the persons who made submissions,

I am suggesting that, rather than just a list of persons who made submissions, it would be beneficial to the process if the public could see the submissions made by public representatives on that aspect of this as well. The Minister of State might say it is covered in the Bill but, generally, in a development plan report, there is a separate section for public representatives' submissions. I think this would bring benefits and I ask the Minister of State to consider it.

Amendment No. 463 relates to the report by the chief executive. Amendments Nos. 463 and 464 are about a notice regarding a decision not to comply with the Minister's recommendation. Amendment No. 464 proposes that the voting record be displayed, but that refers to a previous amendment of mine, amendment No. 450. Is the notice about not complying with the Minister's recommendation publicly available? Is it published?