Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

-----not at the bottom of the hill, where one's house would be flooded. If one takes all the relevant factors into account, one can find the perfect combination. In fairness, Deputy Bannon should withdraw his insult to the planning profession.

Amendment No. 9 proposes that the phrase "and have due regard to development plan guidelines" be included in the core strategy provision that will be set out in the new section 10(1A) of the Planning and Development Act 2000. The core strategy has a specific function within the development plan, namely, to provide relevant information on how the plan and the housing strategy are consistent with the regional planning guidelines and the national spatial strategy. The development plan guidelines are published under section 28 of the 2000 Act, which is also being amended by this Bill. Therefore, planning authorities are required to have regard to them when they are preparing and implementing their development plans. The amendment is not necessary for that reason and I do not propose to accept it.

See this speech in context