PLANNING REGULATOR AND WEXFORD TD CLASH
The planning regulator has hit out at claims he is engaged in an assault on local democracy,
Niall Cussen dismissed criticism by Wexford Independent TD Verona Murphy, who has claimed in the Dáil that he was making recommendations to county councils that would ruin rural areas
It is his job to provide independent oversight of the planning process to the government and yesterday addressed the Oireachtas housing committee.
A series of recommendations he has made on the draft plan for Wexford received criticism from Deputy Murphy, who is concerned that his requirements will increase housing density.
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Concerns have been raised about the efficacy of Ireland s contact tracing measures for incoming flights by a tracing employee.
The employee shared their concerns in correspondence with the co-leader of the Social Democrats Catherine Murphy.
The contact tracer gave details on a number of flights that arrived into Ireland over the last few months.
Among them was a long-haul flight in which it took seven days for the flight manifest to reach the tracing system.
Speaking to Tom Dunne on the
Moncrieff programme, Deputy Murphy said she was alarmed by the information, saying it was her understanding that locator forms rather than flight manifests were used to contact passengers after they had landed.
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