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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Was it used?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Could I ask Mr. McDonald about the guideline on sustainable residential development in urban areas, which went back as far as 1999? It was effectively a guideline for the planners on the quantum of units per acre. What is Mr. McDonald's view on the figure for villages and small towns, which was from 400 to 2,000?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: People. The guideline was for up to 20 houses or units per acre. What is Mr. McDonald's opinion on that guideline?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Can I pursue this because my time is running very short? If there are 400 in a village, or three people per house and 150 or 160 houses, and one adds 20 houses per acre, that is seven acres. That doubles the size of a residential unit.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Yes. My point is that it is a big island with a small number of people. The guidelines were the same guidelines, the one-fits-all-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: They applied to communities of 400 to 2,000.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Of the 11 of us on the inquiry team, eight were councillors at some stage. Mr. McDonald was very harsh on councillors. If he were itemising the mistakes made overall in terms of councillors in conjunction with planners, the guidelines and An Bord Pleanála, how would he lay the blame?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Sectors.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Sectors.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Section 47.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Only in some.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: I welcome Dr. Mercille. If he was to classify himself on the political spectrum, would he put himself on the left, in the centre or on the right?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Is Dr. Mercille sure he would not like to come over to this side of the House and ask the questions?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Dr. Mercille has said that media outlets are there to tell the truth.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: He wrote previously on a blog that newspaper outlets have financial and property sections, but no poverty or homelessness sections. How many newspapers would be sold if a homelessness section existed?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Would their circulation go up or down, in Dr. Mercille's opinion?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Are media outlets not also going concerns - businesses - that have to pay wages and employ people?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: What about inconsistent positions by commentators to which Dr. Mercille referred over a period?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Should financial and property sections be excluded from the print media?