Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

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

Photo of Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party)
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Without risking a load of emails from councillors, it is councillors who make those decisions. The plans presented by the planners to the executive and they make those decisions and councillors are elected by the residents as well. I sometimes think we are in danger of undermining the democracy we do have in our planning system because of focusing on the points of conflict. I am just out of time.