Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I wish to qualify that somewhat. I believe that would need to be specified and limited. I am not opposed to the amendment but I think developers could take liberty in using this instead of, for example, seeking alterations. It would need to pertain to the conditions rather than the actual planning permission itself as otherwise, I believe it would be used as a way of circumventing the type of planning permission. There is a big risk in where this might be taken. It is not as if people are coming in for a change in house type or something like that and it could be used for that purpose. I would be somewhat concerned in this regard. While I would be quite supportive of some flexibility because one wants to be in compliance with the conditions, some of which are so out of date that it would be quite be hard to be in compliance with them. However, it would have to be limited to some of the conditions.

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