Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response. It will feed into a proposal on a draft Bill on which we are working and which will come before the House at some point.

I want to raise two issues. The Minister of State has not identified the new independent office of planning regulation. He acknowledged it, but gave no commitment on its implementation, including the date of its establishment. I ask him to come back to the House on that.

On the payment of reduced or no fees for county councillors and elected members of the 31 local authorities, we are none the wiser. I ask the Minister of State to share some of his thoughts on that.