Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

All aspects of planning, together with the planning appeals from An Bord Pleanála, are provided for under the Planning Acts. That legislation also provides for the submission of observations to planning authorities and the board. Given that this is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, I do not consider it necessary to provide for it here. It would be wrong to do so.

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