Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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The planning statements are required to do a lot of things that are quite specific. I refer to things such as pattern layout, form of amenity space, types of housing and the promotion of renewable energy. I can go through the list but there is a lot of stuff that will be in these statements and they will have a significant impact. As Deputy Ó Broin said they will have a statutory impact. Maybe the Minister feels that Deputy Ó Broin's amendment is too onerous. Surely it would be right that there is a bit more scrutiny than just laying it in front of the Oireachtas. There should be some more form or structure of scrutiny. I do not get the Minister's-----