Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As Chairman, I want to put to the committee the two sides to this. It depends on whether one likes the judgment or the decision. People will have a view as to whether it is right or wrong. If a person agrees with the inspector and is overruled by the board, people complain bitterly, but then I always take the view that if the inspector's decision is the final word, why is a board needed at all? A board must have some role. I would be more concerned if there were an acceptance rate of 100% because I would wonder what control the board had if it were just rubber-stamping everything. It is important, therefore, that there be a bit of rigour between both.