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

No, it is not. The important different thing we do now in practical terms is that we and I agree with the local authorities their own housing targets on a multi-annual basis and we oversee them. There was not that level of oversight that before. However, we are not adding anything new to it in that sense. The reporting structures are better now. The councillors and elected members are absolutely involved in the predraft and the adoption of housing strategies and other strategies that are outlined on page 118. They are central to it and should be. How many of them or who interacts with it depends on the interest a councillor has.