Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

No, it was not Wicklow County Council, unfortunately. I will speak about Wicklow in a moment. The Deputy is close enough. As the Deputy knows, I struck down the development plan of one local authority because it provided for more plonking of huge developments into areas which did not have the infrastructure to handle them. I also put in train the steps which my successor brought to fruition in Monaghan to ensure there was some rationality in planning. We have to accept that there have been tensions within the planning system. Councillors want to facilitate and support local development, while at the same time——

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