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

That would be the members together. In real terms, that would be, could be and is, in many instances, a comprehensive direction in order that there are not 20 different ones. You are making a direction in relation to the housing strategy that would in all likelihood be a more comprehensive submission to it from the members. It is not just a submission; it is a direction. As the Deputy knows, with the adoption of a development plan, everyone thinks about the development plan in relation to the maps and the specific zoning of different areas but it is the strategies within it and the written statement that guide it. Members have the ability to make amendments, insertions and deletions. It is a reserved function they hold. In no way, shape or form will I diminish that, and we are not diminishing it.