Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I take issue with a number of the statements in the response. In no way was I making any case for anonymising. The Minister of State has said it is a well-established practice to provide name and contact details. I have not suggested for a second that should not happen. However, the current situation is that if a residents' association puts in a submission to the planning process, it will generally give the name and contact details of the secretary or the chair of the association. It does not give the name and address of every member of that residents' association. If there is a vote in the residents' association about whether to put in a submission, it does not require the name and address of all residents. I do not think it is relevant to use that as an example here. This is trying to impose a requirement that does not apply to anyone else who could be engaged in the process. If a developer or development company is taking a judicial review, they are not required to put in the names and home addresses of all of their staff or their board or anything like that. They would simply put in the name and address of the company, and one name and address would be sufficient. They would not have to list all of the board members or shareholders of the company. The Minister of State is applying a different standard here to residents' associations than he is to developers.