Seanad debates
Wednesday, 11 December 2002
Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages.
The object of the amendment is simple. It is to strengthen the language in the paragraph and, by so doing, to underline our core concern, the strong principle which should be contained in the legislation, that the need to counteract segregation in housing is a primary social objective and a primary objective of the legislation. It is objective which, as I stated already, was referred to by Mr. Justice Keane in the judgment when Part V was referred to the Supreme Court in 2000. This amendment is simply designed to strengthen the paragraph and I hope the Minister will take the same view.
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