Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The point I am making is that we are trying to improve the pace of delivery by changing the system in a fairly fundamental way for a temporary period. We are trying to get movement in the system. That is all we are trying to do. We will have a separate planning Bill. A planning Bill that is before the Dáil on Second Stage at the moment will set up a new planning regulator to make sure the right decisions are made. We will have independent monitoring of that, as recommended by the Mahon tribunal. We will debate that legislation in this House when it comes in.