Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said that only a small number of applications are going through the system, and that is true, but I do not know how he can argue that the changes that are being brought in will make such a dramatic increase in the numbers. The numbers will probably increase anyway because it is probably becoming more attractive for the developers. There are 27,000 permissions granted for projects in Dublin on which no work has commenced. This process has nothing to do with that. Why is the Government not acting-----

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