Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

I wish to put it on the record of the House that the Opposition looked for additional time and we received the agreement of the Government Whip to additional time. It was also agreed that the matter and all aspects of it had to be fully discussed before a decision was made and that there was a need for a flexibility in the matter of time. The situation has now arisen where the matter was not fully discussed at committee and may well be challenged legally as a result. We are effectively looking at a planning application and deciding on a planning permission.

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