Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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No, I do not think so. The Deputy has experience in South Dublin County Council. I do not think it is weaker. I put it to the Deputy that the phrase "shall include" is stronger. All local authorities will be aware that access, liability, universal design but also design for people with disabilities are at the forefront of all design brought forward and in all new developments as well. And it should be. It is made clearer in this legislation. We can do a comparison. There will be things in the Bill that have been in previous iterations. I said that at the outset. The Bill states that the strategy shall include objectives, and then it outlines them very clearly. As a result, the matter will be covered in primary legislation.