An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-03-28
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I broadly agree with the Deputy's sentiments. I have not made a planning objection to a housing development or a negative observation on a planning for housing in seven or eight years. I cannot do it in clear conscience. When we are in a housing crisis, the perfect is the enemy of the good. I will not object to a development because it is not perfect. It is not entirely black and white though. There may be circumstances where a development is so egregious or so inappropriate that a Deputy or a councillor may object to it. What bothers me is when you see a pattern of somebody regularly objecting to new housing. They always have a reason - not now, not ever, not later, not here, not anywhere, not near me, not one-bedroom units, not tenants, not rent. That is what bothers me. It is not somebody perhaps objecting once, but multiple objections - a pattern.

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