Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 April 2023

Public Accounts Committee

An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021

9:30 am

Photo of Verona MurphyVerona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry. We are confusing this. Ms Buckley is telling me what Mr. Justice Holland said about which plan applies at the time the decision is made. We know which plan applies. We have known for years because it is intimated in several judgments, not just Mr. Justice Holland's. To be clear, Mr. Justice Holland said that the county development plan in being is the only county development plan, and that is what applies. What I am saying is that there is a legitimate expectation of the developer that a decision in a timely fashion, which would coincide with the development plan they applied under, would have been made. That is not unreasonable. That is not what Mr. Justice Holland ruled on. Is Ms Buckley clear about that?

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