Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a final question with regard to the board. While I appreciate these may, to a certain extent, be beyond Mr. Walsh's remit, I will ask some questions which are often put to us in order to get some information. I will ask about instances where a board member may have a conflict of interest. If a local authority is making a decision on zoning, a member of that authority may be related or otherwise connected to someone who owns a piece of the land involved or he or she may own it himself of herself. Such members must absent themselves from the meeting and declare their interests. It is the same in the Oireachtas. If we are speaking on a matter in which we have a vested interest, in the interest of transparency we must publicly stand up in the Chamber and declare that interest before we speak or we must absent ourselves from the Chamber.

How does that work internally in An Bord Pleanála in terms of board decisions and meetings?