Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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Can I ask Mr. Spain this then? The bit where, I think, we all agree is that issue of certainty in all of the areas. On the one hand, we want certainty but if we then have annual reviews because the development process for large-scale residential developments is five years plus - if we are saying on the one hand we want longer plans and more concrete 3D plans but we are saying we want regular reviews - those two wants do not fit together. It is a bit like Deputy Cian O'Callaghan taking about material contraventions. On the one hand, we want certainty but the panel is also asking for flexibility. If we get that balance wrong, everybody in the room is in trouble. I am not hearing how we get that balance right. The witnesses are telling us they want certainty, except when they want the rules to be a little bit more flexible. It could be for good reasons. It could for questionable reasons. How do we fix that in legislation?