Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On the e-planning system, when someone makes an application – I know Deputy Ó Broin wants to come in on this – the issue Deputy raised continues to be an issue in some areas where councils council scan documents to put them up online in order that people can access them. When people apply through the e-planning system, they are driven with the data fields to put the required information in. That is effectively there within 24 hours once it is verified. That is what the e-planning system will do. The problem the Deputy rightly raised – I have seen this occur – is the potential lag time when a paper-based application is being uploaded onto the system. My point is that will be dealt with through e-planning because people are effectively applying online. Those types of issues where there is a lag time between somebody submitting a planning application and all the documentation and someone in the planning authority uploading it onto the system will be dealt with by e-planning.