Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am trying to be helpful. We will come back on Report Stage following discussion with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to take out that technical point. We will look at it. I take the point the Deputy is making. From the development plans that I have seen, and given the housing strategy is very detailed, there are very few local authorities that have defined housing policies that would differ from national policy. However, there is nothing to stop a local authority, based on what it believes is the housing demand, having a variation or a change. It is happening. That is done by way of the housing strategy being included in the development plan in many cases. That is just by way of observation.