Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is. A statutory instrument can be signed in his case. I know of at least 12 others in south Tipperary. Some have removed their lovely log cabins – they were forced to remove them by the local planning authority. This is ridiculous in a housing crisis where people want to house themselves and are able to house themselves in a sensitive way that is aesthetically pleasing and does not cause any blockage.

I want this statutory amendment signed immediately. We have not had a review of the planning guidelines for 20 years and we are crying out for it. We were promised this by the last Government, and Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael promised it during the election. We are now told the tail is wagging the dog. The Green Party tail is swishing all over the place and stopping the Government from introducing these planning guidelines. Twenty years on, we do not have them changed. These new planning guidelines could be included with this statutory instrument; it could be signed the week after next, when we come back here. It needs to be signed, in the middle of this housing crisis, to allow people like Mr. Meehan and others to live in their own comfortable abodes that they provided themselves at no cost to the State.

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