Dáil debates

Tuesday, 11 July 2017

3:05 pm

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We support what is being proposed in the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017. We would have preferred a more extensive Bill to deal with many other items that have been discussed previously by the committee with a view to the introduction of more extensive legislation to help this sector to improve its ability to respond to the housing crisis. Having said that, I have already acknowledged that the delay in the way the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016 has been fashioned has been an error on the part of the Government. We respect the intention to bring forward this aspect of the Bill immediately in order to have it approved by the Dáil and the Oireachtas, thereby allowing developments to continue at pace.

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