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

This continues the conversation about the design envelope. The particular thing is on page 244, section 117(2)(a), which refers to section 117(1)(a).

This states: "If the Commission is satisfied that would be appropriate for the application referred to in subsection (1) of that section to be made before the confirmation of all aspects of the proposed development concerned, it shall provide the prospective applicant with an opinion to that effect." Is this where, before the application, having had the meeting, they are setting out their general views as to what might be permissible to guide them when they actually go to make the application itself?