Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

Far from muddying the waters, this will make it easier to provide clean water. The plan ensures consistency between national, regional and local land use policy to maximise the State investment being made in infrastructure and services. It provides much enhanced provision for public participation at each stage of the development plan process. Instead of last minute rezonings, it will provide for better participation and access to justice. It will greatly reduce the need for ministerial intervention. This amendment would apply to a section that deals with comprehensive consultation arrangements before a ministerial direction is finalised; I would have thought that would be welcome. This is about joining up transport and land use, exactly what we need.

Midleton in Cork is a good example. Before the brand new commuter train service was put in place there was a discussion and improvements in land use provisions to make sure-----

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