Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have established today that, under section 181 of the Act, the Minister could have directed that planning permission be granted for that treatment plant and that three years on 13,000 families do not have clean water. If that does not constitute an emergency, I do not know what does. I further add that it is poor practice by An Bord Pleanála to fracture itself into groups of three to consider applications. None of us will ever know which three considered which case and how many were prepared. We will never truly know whether if the ten members of the board, with the full girth of expertise available to it, considered a case. That is poor practice and does not represent value for money. I thank Mr. Walsh for his answers.