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The Agriculture Minister is defending the Government’s new rural housing guidelines which have been delayed until November.
Planners says they don’t know how to proceed as a result.
There’s confusion over whether ‘locals only’ restrictions will be tightened or changed.
Minister Charlie McConalogue says they have to strike the right balance.