Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)

I agree with Senators but I do not agree with the method of their proposal. The current legislation addresses their issue exactly. The difficulty used to lie with the guidelines not being up to date, but we updated them in respect of the local authority system in June 2007. We made development management guidelines available. We also updated them in February 2008. The guidelines state that the bond is to reflect what works remain to be done by the developer. Under the principal Act, local authorities have all the powers requested by Senators. I do not need to include further measures.