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)

Photo of Malcolm NoonanMalcolm 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".