Sinn Féin is
to seek independent legal advice on whether the Government’s National Planning Framework (NPF) needs to be voted on in the Oireachtas. The strategy aims to
manage an anticipated population growth of one million people over the next 20
years, and was launched on Friday in Sligo with an accompanying 10-year
infrastructural plan. However, Opposition parties have raised questions over
the legal basis for the implementation of the framework. Sinn Féin TD Eoin Ó
Broin said the Taoiseach and Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy had sought to
mislead the Dáil on the matter. He said an independent legal opinion was
required and confirmed he would be asking the Oireachtas committee on housing
to seek such advice.
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