Government parties at odds over limited access to judicial reviews on planning 

Darragh O’Brien's fellow ministers, Eamon Ryan and Catherine Martin, are said to have spoken against his proposed curbs on planning objections

Arts Minister Catherine Martin and Climate Minister and party leader Eamon Ryan are among the Greens who are said to have raised objections about the Coalition's Planning and Development Bill. File picture: Eamon Ward

The Government parties are on a collision course over plans to limit access to judicial reviews in the planning process with the Green Party insisting access to justice should be as wide as possible.

The Cabinet approved the text of its new Planning and Development Bill aimed at streamlining planning, but a gulf has emerged between the coalition parties on the issue of judicial reviews.