Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will throw a question to the Minister on the connection between the national development plan, the national planning framework, the RESS and local development plans. We all know the difficulties certain county councils are currently experiencing. They are also awaiting additional information on rural housing and so on. They believe they are in a situation whereby they cannot necessarily deal with this.

Does the Minister have a view on whether we should hold off on carrying out some of that work until we are in are in a better position post pandemic when people can meet and examine the results of the national development plan?

If we have time, I ask the Minister to deal with the national development plan and cross-Border planning, and any interaction he has had with the Minister, Mr. Conor Murphy MLA, on that.

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