Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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I will try and get that. On the term "expedient", the language used in the section is, as I have stated previously, normal in legislation. The wording we are using is being used on advice on the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. That is part of our rationale for using words such as "necessary" and "expedient".