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

Section 82 is about eligibility to make an application. It sets out who is entitled to make an application for permission. What is the intention? Why is the Government then attempting to restrict who could challenge their eligibility solely to a planning authority, the commission, the owner of the land or a person who has legal or beneficial interest in the land? I am not disputing it, rather I wish to understand why that restriction is being put there. Clearly, it is attempting to solve a problem that existed somewhere with respect to persons other than those four categories challenging applications on eligibility grounds.