Séamus McGrath (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

On the additional posts in the planning field, I recently met with An Coimisiún Pleanála, where significant progress is being made in turning around planning applications and planning appeals much faster. That is very welcome. It shows that when the resources are put in, it gets results in turnaround time.

The Minister mentioned that he would support additional posts in planning in local authorities. Specifically on housing delivery posts in local authorities, when we met with the chief executives previously, one of the main asks they had was additional staffing in the local authorities to assist them with the targets for social, affordable and cost rental. They are asking for additional posts. Is that something the Minister will consider in future funding?