Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Gavin Lawlor:

We believe it will reduce the number of those who have access to law. We have a concern about equality in that regard, in terms of people of different means having access to law. There is a concern under the Aarhus Convention. Equally we have a concern that there are too many judicial reviews. Why are we fighting about this at the end of the process? The time to have the conversation is at the beginning of the process.