Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 November 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

That final question is important. The county development plan interrogates a wider scenario than an individual development. It is a wider framework and not just about the development of an individual site. It takes into account whether there are water and public transport services and similar aspects. I refer to a breach of the county development plan. New wording has gone into county development plans on foot of court cases where it has been directed that there should be compliance with it, as opposed to having regard to it, but An Bord Pleanála has a different standard. That is really significant in respect of problems that will arise in the future. It is not for this committee to deal with, but I will not be in silent consensus with the idea that information is not gathered. That is a really worrying issue. There will be a cost if the services available are not measured and then they have to be retrofitted. There may well also be services provided in another location.

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