Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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I thank the Minister of State for her attendance this afternoon. She has a very important task ahead in dealing with the fallout from the Mahon tribunal. We need to get this right because we have had a history of poor planning decisions with which many of our people are now living as a result of the corrupt activities of some people. It is critical that we weed out that type of thing from our planning systems.

I will not mention again the concerns a number of people have raised on enforcement, transparency, etc. When a person makes a planning application to a local authority, will there be any means, possibly through a register, for determining if that person has made a donation to any political party?

Regarding a material contravention of a development plan-----