Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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So I am clear, building and fire safety regulations apply completely, as they should. Essentially, what is being removed is any public participation. Why was it in there in the first place? It would seem to me that there is a certain rationale to what has been proposed. I just do not know why it was put in the Bill initially and why it is then being removed. Was it an error?