Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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I thank Mr. MacDonald for his opening statement. He referred to the reserve function of councillors to make decisions on development plans regarding cities and counties, and that it involved the rezoning of land including agricultural land where the values could increase by factors of ten or more. Does this system exist in any other European planning system outside the Irish jurisdiction?