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

Section 84(3)(g) refers to the conditions requiring the giving and maintaining of adequate security to the satisfactory completion of the proposed development. It is down to a local authority and the members of that authority to ensure that security is adequate. As already stated, the bonds are to be index linked and will be provided by operators regulated by the Central Bank.

The point Deputy Ó Broin raised regarding failure to comply with planning permission is a planning enforcement issue at local authority level. The Deputy also raised a valid point regarding a process whereby residents can engage. That is something we could examine in refreshing the circular. It is important that there is a process for residents to have a go to in the Planning Authority, and a role for elected members in respect of that.