Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)

The existing ground for refusal is that the applicant has substantially failed to comply with a previous permission. There is the opportunity for a person to go to the High Court about the matter. The Deputy is aware that happens, although not on a regular basis. The Bill provides for two further grounds, that the developer has carried out a substantial unauthorised development or has been convicted of an offence under the planning Acts. The amendment proposes to insert a further ground for refusal of permission, that the developer has failed to complete a development. We have already included two more grounds. That is the position.