Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Mr. Eamonn Kelly:
My understanding is no. To be honest, that is a legal question to be answered. Effectively, under the Irish legal system and development there is an eight week period within which to take a judicial review. This legislation has been in existence for ten years and has operated well. There are not too many applicants that go through it. If something has already been through the process and is beyond the judicial review period it is my understanding that it is not possible to take a collateral attack to something that has been decided a number of years ago.
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