Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 April 2024
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Again, that would be for the court. I am not setting any restriction on that. It would be open to the court to make that decision. I am not being evasive; it would not necessarily be right for me to say. Obviously, we all have trust in the Judiciary, the independence of the process and indeed the judges themselves. It is open to anyone to bring forward and to make that case. That is why including the word "indirectly" is important. I did not want it just to be seen that a person needed to live in an area or be directly affected by it. A person can make the case that they have a specific interest.
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