Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

Section 14 reads: "27A.--(1) Where a regional authority receives a notice from a planning authority under section 11(1) it shall prepare submissions or observations for the purposes of section 11(2)". In preparing these submissions will the regional authority hold public briefing sessions? Will it receive submissions from agencies other than the local authority? How will it prepare the submissions or observations? Will it be done by the manager of the regional authority or its members? From where will it receive submissions? Will it propose public consultations or how will it gather the information? I understand how there could be communication between the local authority and the regional authority but how otherwise will the regional authority gather submissions and observations?