Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)

I thank the Minister. The Environmental Protection Agency has called for county development plans to be climate proofed. The Minister has stated what is in place at present in terms of guidelines, that to which one must have regard, what local authorities should promote, etc. The problem with all of that is it is just too vague. There are no requirements on local authorities to ensure that climate proofing is taken into account in drawing up and voting on county development plans.

That problem was very much identified by the chairman of An Bord Pleanála at the end of last week when he spoke about——

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