Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Context Phase
Mr. Frank McDonald:
That did happen, certainly. What more particularly happened was that eventually a Minister for the Environment decided to avail of the powers that he had, to call in a draft local area plan, county plan or whatever for review by the Department and that started happening. I think it was in 2003 or 2004. It was the first time that the power was actually used. If I am not mistaken, I think it was by Dick Roche, then also by his successor, John Gormley, and that was pretty much it. That was a check and balance, if one likes.
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