Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery

Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Joe NevilleJoe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

That is often lost when it comes to LAPs. I have often felt that they should not be called local area plans but housing zoning plans because ultimately, that is where all of the focus lies. That is a serious issue. I come from a constituency which Mr. Cussen knows well, where some might say house building is an issue but for people living in the area, it is not an issue because every time they walk out their doors in Maynooth, Leixlip, Celbridge, Clane or Kilcock, all they see is new houses being built. What they do not necessarily see, however, is the playing pitches, the schools, the bridges that are required and so on. As Mr. Cussen knows-----

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