Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is a regular feature of court actions where parties can be added. This is not related just to planning. The rules of the superior courts already have this for various types of cases. People are added at different stages. In general, however, on a judicial planning review, the notice parties will be very well known. If they are not, there are ways to facilitate that, and the legislation provides for that in subsection (3).