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

Yes. Amendments Nos. 1156 and 1161 seek to insert ‘the local authority functional area or’ after ‘benefit to’ in sections 515 and 520. The process is to identify land which is strategic in nature and will have benefit to the State and its citizens. The land is put forward by the local authority chief executive to the Minister for recommendation, as a proposed candidate UDZ. As the process involves action by the local authority from the outset, it is not necessary to reference the local authority functional area.