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

Would this then allow for all of those specific issues that concern the eventual taking in charge of the estate, for example, the finishing of the roads or the finishing of the car parking as outlined in the original planning permission, or completing some open green spaces? Let us consider, for example, a housing estate with three or four phases to it and phases 1 and 2 homes are complected with people living there but some of the amenity space around it is not complete. If the developer or receiver looks to extend the duration of permission for phases 3 and 4, is the Minister saying the local authority says "may invite" submissions and it is discretionary? If the local authority has the option to invite submissions, affected residents may say, "Hang on a second, surely a condition of the extension should be that if the developer is granted an extension the developer would need to complete the outstanding elements of phases A and B". Would that be possible under this provision? Obviously it is not obligatory but is it possible?