Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Just to get clarity from the Minister on it, these amendments he put forward make it easier for a developer to know and have clarity with regard to putting in an application to An Bord Pleanála, while knowing that it will not be passed at all. They would go to the expense of preparing the application, go through the whole process and go to An Bord Pleanála, knowing that it would not be passed. That is what the Minister is saying the purpose of these amendments is.

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