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:
No, because the board makes a decision as a collective. In fact, the point of having a board of three people is that the tribunal comes to a single decision. We record where there is divergence and, indeed, where the inspector's recommendation is not taken up, the board has to provide evidence and give reasons it did not accept the inspector's recommendation. Again, there is a clarity and justification as to why we diverge from the recommendations.
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