John Ellis (Fianna Fail)

It is up to local authority members who are in a position to do so to deal with everything in their own area. They must be vigilant. It does not matter what one sets the limit at, be it two or 2,000, it is up to local authority members and planners to ensure that what is decided is in the best interests of the communities, and not similar to decisions we have discussed where houses were allowed to be built on flood plains. Such decisions were against the environment and the common good.