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

I would say it will be rarely used but it could be an application a local authority or planning authority wants in its given area. The zoning currently in place, for argument's sake, would not permit, potentially, that development itself but the executive of the local authority could deem it to be of such importance - this is just an example - that it believes it should be granted. You would not have to move forward with a material contravention itself, or a variation to the plan, should I say. On foot of a resolution accepted by the members you could grant that application.