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

I am always trying to think of what is the logic or the rationale for these. Let us say this manager is sitting there looking at the planning application. They are of the view the application will fall foul of the development plan. If they refuse the permission it is likely to be appealed to the board and because obviously the board has a different relationship with the development plan vis-à-vis national planning policy the board would then approve it. Is it to avoid that? Is it to speed up that process? I am trying to understand what the logic of this is. I am not making a point against it at this point, but whenever I hear about material contraventions there is always a kind of nervousness to ensure the process is proper. I what trying to understand what the value of doing it this way is.