Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It is because section 49(2) states that “a development management statement may include objectives for any of the following”, whereas the existing legislation obliges the local authority to include objectives for the preservation of public rights of way. It is not what is in section 49(2)(g) that is at issue; it is the introductory wording that is of significance.