Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have three questions for clarification. Section 52(9) reads:

For the purposes of preparing a draft development plan, the planning authority shall disregard any part of a submission received by it that comprises a request or proposal that a particular zoning objective be applied to any particular land in the functional area to which the plan relates.

Is this a new provision or is it in the existing Act? If it is new, will the Minister of State explain the rationale for it? If people wanted to make a case for rezoning, I would not prohibit them from doing it so long as-----