Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for that response. I am happy with it. It was a coincidence that today's The Irish Timescarried the story. However, on 15 June 2021, the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, wrote to the committee, of which I am a member, and referred to Programme for Government: Our Shared Vision and his requirement to examine again the general scheme of the Housing and Planning and Development Bill 2019, to which the Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, referred. I am fully supportive of the request of the Minister of State, Deputy Burke. I proposed that this request be accepted by the committee and that we would engage in pre-legislative scrutiny. The Minister of State expressed his concern and said he hoped the committee would consider the matter. I thank the Ministers of State, particularly Deputy Peter Burke, because he has been proactive in this area. That is where we can do a lot of the lifting. Let us not take our eye off the ball, however. Let us not punish or disadvantage good environmentalist citizens who want to engage in our process. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, for coming to the House to deal with this Commencement matter.