Some Councillors have been asked to leave these meetings recently.
Westmeath County Councillors are seeking clarification if they're legally entitled to attend pre-planning meetings on housing developments.
They're typically used to make applications more efficient when applying for planning permission on larger scale projects.
Councillors attended these in-person meetings in the past to make representations but now believe its unclear about what the rules are.
Fine Gael Rep for Moate Tom Farrell says the shift to online may have caused this confusion:
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