Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Okay. Where is the oversight? Is it at national spatial strategy level? I can see myself proposing a few amendments on Report Stage.

It is positive that the National Transport Authority will be involved. That is critical. Are there other essential services which should be part of that framework? I see the need to link land use and transport planning but I wonder about some of the social services. This may well be about physical development but we see the relationship between many of the social supports required at community level. For example, will there be any facility to link or even redesign the health service in order that it is co-terminous with the regions? There is no point having physical plans if one does not have the ability to put the social supports in place in line with the development that will take place.