Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is a straight talker. Perhaps he would give me a straight answer to my question. I put the question to him in a manner which required him to respond with a likely date for publication of the guidelines rather than make a statement on the matter. As I said earlier, 7,500 people made submissions on the guidelines and they are waiting for them to be published. Current planning applications before An Bord Pleanála are being made on the basis of the 2006 guidelines. We have been waiting 18 months for the new guidelines. Can the Minister give a definite date for when they will be published?

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