Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

I understand Deputy Sherlock and his colleagues' frustrations over individual planning decisions. All of us in the Chamber meet people time and again who have genuine housing needs and wish to be accommodated. In so far as we can, we do our best for people. Proper planning is about taking into account all genuine considerations in order that when the floods come the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is in a position to say we had-----

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