Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It has been a useful discussion on the point. I still believe, albeit the Minister has the amendments on a later Stage, that this relates to the national plans and regional plans in setting it out at the right place. It has to be taken into account to ensure these form part of every level, similar to the provision I asked for with regard to the Irish language, that it is not just discussed when it gets to the lower development level and that there is an overall national strategy and the same approach across the State when it comes to community garden and allotments. I did wax lyrical about my past but it was only this week I was with the Bee8 crowd which have a little beekeeping site as well as an allotment off a site that was derelict for decades. It was taken over by a community development project and is now a social enterprise. It is a tiny space that would fit into half of this room but it is what can be done in a small and tiny space when sites that are derelict are identified. Some of these derelict sites can be captured by the city councils through the legislation with compulsory purchase orders. Such sites may not necessarily be fit for a huge allotment but they might be fit for a small garden. There needs to be an encouragement by the councils to look for these so they then become a more permanent fixture and a permanent site so we have that sustainability within our cities.

I am still not sure where that transport infrastructure definition is. It needs to be a little bit broader so it is not just road users we are talking about. It is about transport infrastructure and there are others such as canals for instance. That is not to say it should not be there.

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