Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)

——which will happen irrespective of what we do about reducing our emissions and such like. Therefore, there will be a real problem.

If the development plans drawn up in two years time include irresponsible rezonings such as those in the past which promote urban sprawl, all the Minister's carbon targets will be cosmetic if he will allow local authorities to continue to rezone without regard to the flooding and climate change consequences. What will the Minister do about it?

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