Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am very much enlightened but very disappointed at the same time. It is an issue that

if the planning guidelines are put in place, the horse will have bolted at that stage. That is realistically what we are facing. The real guidelines will apply when the actual tariffs are set by the Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, as they will determine what will be built. Developments will be built according to what is financially viable. If the tariff is too high, every development might be built, but if it is too low, we will have none built. In many ways, what could actually emerge is that the planning guidelines will be associated with the actual tariff announced by the Minister after the consultation process he announced last month. I will still be pressing for planning guidelines which have to be produced. Having developments of the scale in question, on 200 acre sites and no national guidelines, does not make sense.