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

I will make a comment in response to the Minister of the State and I will then speak to amendments Nos. 610, 621, 622 and 640. The approach being taken in the Bill on a range of other matters is not to leave things to local authorities. There is a great deal in the Bill that does not leave things to local authorities. When it comes to issues that affect thousands of people who buy homes in newer developments for years, if not decades, and leads to huge amounts of stress when people make a massive investment, it seems to be a case of leaving things to the local authority which will have to do better and reissuing the circular.