Paschal Donohoe (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his reply. I take his point regarding amendment No. 9. He is correct to say that we should not be in a situation where a local area plan would be in conflict with a city or county development plan. The thinking behind this amendment was in tandem with delivery of local area plans to try to deliver integration of land use and transport and it therefore was considered worthy of inclusion in the Bill.

With regard to the strategic and master plan point about the Grangegorman Development Agency, the important consideration for me is that the Dublin transport authority should be aware of the transport needs which the creation of this campus will place on the north side of Dublin. If that point is recognised by the wording in the Bill, then it will be acceptable to me. I hope one of the priorities of the new body will be the recognition of the issues and challenges and taking action to do something about them.

With regard to amendment No. 11, I am happy to accept the Minister's point and I look forward to his proposed modification on Report Stage.