YOU SAID:
the plan is the focus of the debate
INTO JAPANESE
計画は論争の焦点
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Plan is the focus of the controversy.
INTO JAPANESE
計画は論争の焦点です。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Planning is the focus of the controversy.
INTO JAPANESE
計画は論争の焦点であります。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Planning is the focus of the controversy.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.