Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When the Minister speaks about a commitment that was given at the launch of Rebuilding Ireland, is he talking about a retrospective application of an extension to a permission that has actually already expired and where building work had stopped? That is what I took from what the Minister said, which is not what this Bill, as far as we have been discussing it up until now, is proposing to do. My understanding is that this concerns a situation where the expiry date is approaching and an extension is needed.

Apologies, I confused my numbers earlier. The purpose of amendment No. 15 is to give an additional criteria to the local authority. This goes back to the concern I had on Second Stage where a disingenuous or dishonest developer might seek an extension not because he or she actually need more time, but because he or she wants to accrue the house price inflation a couple of years down the line. The purpose of this amendment is to allow for a situation where a local authority is satisfied that granting an extension would not result in delaying a development.

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