The Laois TD will over the Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery.
A Laois TD says he'll be looking to gather diverse expertise when appointing people onto his newly attained Oireachtas committee.
Fianna Fail Deputy Sean Fleming is the new chair of the Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery.
The Oireachtas group will oversee the Development Plans' process, and will seek to improve the planning system, including potentially fast-tracking judicial reviews in relation to An Bord Pleanala.
Deputy Fleming says his committee has an important role to play:
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