Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

No. The only disadvantage the Minister has outlined is the disadvantage of having an unlawful application following which people need to apply to fix it retrospectively, which is a matter entirely within their control and is already subject to a substitute consent process. The additional hurdle of substitute consent is intrinsic to them. However, the new planning application provides them with a different, advantageous route to that planning permission compared with somebody who does not have an unlawful development, which is wrong.