Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)

There are many examples of bad planning throughout the country, with many housing estates built without facilities being put in place. It is important the Minister ensures greater time and effort is put into the pre-planning decisions taken by councils. Last week, the Minister publicly acknowledged that loopholes existed whereby developers did not have to provide environmental impact statements for some developments. What changes will the Minister make to the legislation to ensure this does not happen again?

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