Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 May 2021
Public Accounts Committee
2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála
9:30 am
Mr. Gerard Egan:
With regard to the recovery of costs, the figures are in the accounts for 2019 and 2020. Our recovery of costs is quite low. This is because the board is rarely awarded its costs in legal cases in which it successfully defends the legality of its decision. This is down to the Aarhus Convention on public participation whereby in environmental matters, the public is entitled to have access to justice.
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