Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I cannot quite figure it out and this is the cause of my concern. Is there not a risk that some developer might decide to proceed in this interregnum period? If it is a large development, there is a risk that they would then be subject to legal challenge with someone saying, "Well, you proceeded, but you should have known that you had to be compliant with EU law, which you are not." Therefore, the courts would rightly determine that the development should not have got an extension and should not be proceeding. That is a risk we are creating by taking this two-stage approach to the commencements.

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