Edward Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Moreover, the movement of things has slowed. We published the revised national planning framework in April. We are going to feed down population targets to the councils. It goes through this test and legal delays and it is all so slow. The councils are sitting there waiting for their numbers so they can redo their development plans. It is all bureaucracy and red tape. That is nothing to do with physical works being done or houses being built; it is just red tape in people's offices. Those are the the things to speed up. That would make a huge impact.