Mr. Gavin Lawlor:

The issue is proportionality regarding fees. If you are doing a rural house, for example, the level of effort required to assess that application in a planning authority is quite significant, whereas if there is a multi-unit scheme, 99 or 100, if it less than the large-scale residential development system, then the level of effort required can be nearly equivalent to that of a rural house, yet you are paying €6,500 for the planning application fee, plus. There is a disproportionality regarding planning effort or effort from the planning authority towards fees. They need to be re-examined.