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

I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I am fully aware that we have only four minutes to respond. This is a matter of profound importance and the fact that we have only four minutes to raise questions and get responses from the Minister shows how inadequate this process is. I will use my two minutes before allowing my colleague on the upper floor to use his. I have two questions. The Minister has said that, when the new substantive substitute consent process is in place, the board will have regard to section 177D(2) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. This is not made explicit in the Minister's proposed section 177K(1A)(a). Will the Minister explain why that is the case?

While we will not get to the amendment we had proposed to the Minister's amendment No. 21, will the Minister confirm whether all previous documentation from the leave stage will be made available to interested parties and online in the new substantive substitute consent hearing so that they can have full sight of what had previously been considered?

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