Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Effectively, this is a new section. It brings in the concept of a collection of objectives for a settlement. Settlements are defined in Central Statistics Office reports as being collections of more than 1,500 people. It is a collection of objectives. We are used to SLOs in development plans, so that gives the Deputy an idea. It is a collection of objectives that fit together. Part of the reason for bringing in this section is to deal with the consequence of the concept that there could only be zoning at one level within planning in order that there is not a conflict between the zoning that might exist in an LAP and the zoning that exists in a county development plan.