Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 October 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála

9:00 am

Mr. Dave Walsh:

We would only go to court when we feel that there is a case to argue. It is a matter for the courts to ultimately decide whether the board's decision was valid or otherwise. In every case, including some that we win, we get a report from our legal advisers stating what the issue was and that the courts decided to make a judgement, stating that the board's language was deficient or the process was not as robust as it should be and what the board needed to do to amend it. With regard to appropriate assessment, environmental impact assessments or provision of services, the language sometimes used by the board in its orders may or may not fully reflect the requirements.

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