Pat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I welcome this amendment. While there is a four week timebound period on a local authority to have a meeting, I have a concern that there is no timebound period applying to the output of that meeting. The Minister put in place a fast-track planning process, where the first stage of preplanning is a nine week process and then there is a determined outcome whether it be to move forward to full planning or otherwise. Something similar might work in this respect. Otherwise, a pre-planning meeting can be held and nothing may happen at the end of it. I would like there to be a conclusion to that process.