James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the Minister of State. His officials hosted a very useful session yesterday evening where we had a chance to discuss and understand this. The reason I mentioned 1977 on the amendment was because I am aware of a lacuna between 1977 and 1997, where certain sites were not recorded properly for whatever historical reasons. It is an anomaly in the system. The year 1964 is a key date, with the advent of planning permission. This is something I have come across where sites, especially pre-1964 sites, are often unidentified or local knowledge may suggest their existence but there is not an accurate register. It is very welcome that such a register has been compiled. I believe it goes back to time immemorial. I had a chance to review the report overnight, and it certainly seems to make sense.