John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have the planning Bill coming in to the Seanad in a couple of weeks. In the context of log cabins or pods, there seems to be huge discrepancies across the country as to how local authorities view those. Some are favourably disposed, some are site-dependent and some are outright opposed entirely. What is our view and how can we ensure uniformity here? Obviously, modern methods are a faster delivery mechanism but if we have a planning system and local authorities that are not willing to move with the times in that space, we have problem.