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

I cannot accept amendment No. 1004 to section 300(7), as section 300(3) already clarifies this is a function of the planning authority. The municipal districts are not the planning authorities; they are effectively committees of council. It is a reserved function of the main plenary of local authority.

I appreciate the point the Deputy is making on the lowest possible level and I understand recommendations could come from municipal district level but those recommendations would go forward to the main plenary of the local authority.