Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for that reply, which is helpful. Would it not be better to make this a bit more explicit in the phasing plan section in order that it is clear that the planning authority or commission can reorder the phasing if that is desirable? A key weakness of phasing currently is that we get all of the really good community stuff in the last phase, but sometimes that is never delivered. In some cases that is for genuine reasons, including changed economic circumstances, but in other case it is for less genuine reasons.