Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage
9:00 am
Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)
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I have a question. I acknowledge the Minister's point that one cannot refer to everything but I would have believed the impact of a development on water would be a pretty important one in respect of which he could concede. I am not sure whether Deputy Ryan can tell me whether his amendment is addressing the issue of what we have seen in this country, namely building on flood plains. It is not specifically a matter of the water framework directive but it is something that the planning regulator should specifically-----