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

What we brought forward here in this draft of the Bill has been on foot of the Attorney General's advice. I take the point. We have an issue with Aarhus Convention compliance as it is currency currently constructed. I am trying to be constructive here in saying that we are looking at the third party piece. It is not just the case that we will look at it, we are looking at it to see how we can construct that in advance of Report Stage. I have taken on board a number of the points that have been made, not just not just here today but in advance of this Stage too. I do not want to create a parallel planning application process either. It is about striking a balance. This is about exemptions. If we do not get the balance right, exemptions would nearly cease to exist then because everything would be an application. We have got to strike the balance right. We are working on it now and I will come back to the committee with it on Report Stage.