Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not have the data to hand, but I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, to come back to the Deputy with an answer on that within a week. I strongly believe that it is important that our planning departments are properly staffed.

This is so that they can grant planning permission to people who need to build homes and to build businesses and infrastructure. Our planning enforcement sections need to be properly staffed as well.

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