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

I am not surprised by the answer. Are the Minister of State and his officials absolutely satisfied that by simply replicating the existing regime in terms of the fee-setting mechanism, no individuals or groups who should, by right and by law, have an opportunity to participate in the planning process will be excluded from doing so? Has that been considered in order to ensure that we have a process that is both transparent and accessible to all, particularly people who, for example, might be on lower incomes and organisations that do not have public funding or private sector funding and, therefore, might otherwise be disadvantaged by the fee-setting structure?