Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 May 2021
Public Accounts Committee
2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála
9:30 am
Mr. Dave Walsh:
To be honest, the board does not have general figures. The board's decisions are on permission. We do not follow up on commencements or delivery. They are matters for the relevant agencies. Perhaps EirGrid might have a better idea with regard to the connection. There is policy that supports them. There are also policies whereby we have to weigh up climate versus economic development versus digitisation and so on. These are all the considerations that the local authority in the first instance and the board must consider. Sometimes there can be site-specific issues about proximity to water courses or to individual houses and communities. Their location and impact, as well as their overall construction and operation, are factors in the board's decisions.
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