Planning and Development Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2020-12-02
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Peter Burke (FG), Longford-Westmeath

It is at the discretion of the local authority to either hold an online meeting or a public meeting or both. They have to do one. That is sufficient. There is no implicit action that a local authority is trying to prevent the public from getting involved. That does not happen in the local authority system. Local authorities want the public involved.

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Sitting date: 2020-12-02