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

The problem that the Mahon report rightly acknowledged is that there was not a proper balance or separation of powers. What the Mahon report proposed was not that there should be the power to investigate. That is in the Minister of State's Bill. That is not in dispute. It proposed the ability to give directions to regional authorities and planning bodies. It is that ability to give direction that is not in this Bill. That is why these amendments are here.

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