Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I fully understand the sentiment from my colleagues and I will not repeat what has been said. We do not want this Bill to become a planning Bill. Our local authorities, An Bord Pleanála and so on are there to ensure that the appropriate location of dwellings is respected. I am confident that it will be. If we were to include this, we would run the risk that all other areas within the Bill would try to prescribe to this legislation things that we want done or that we know will be done. That is not in any way taking away from the sentiment of what Senator Higgins is saying. We all agree with that but I cannot accept the amendment.