Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I want to get this right. An Bord Pleanála has a dominant position in the whole of the planning policy arrangement and decision-making process and Mr. Walsh is telling me that it does not provide minutes to provide for a fully transparent process. On a two-year basis, it is costing the taxpayer in excess of €12 million. It is a serious thing for somebody to take judicial review proceedings in the first instance. There is jeopardy and I am sure nobody takes such an action lightly. However, it is inequitable for Joe Public to have to take a case of judicial review, having paid his tax to fund An Bord Pleanála. When he is successful in his judicial review, he is then paid back with money he has contributed to the State. That does not sound right, does it?