Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:30 am

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

A great deal of money is being spent and we went through this with An Bord Pleanála officials on the day that they appeared before the committee on the in excess of €8 million, which was a significant percentage of their budget of in the region of €22 million, if I recall correctly, being spent on legal cases. Most of these were no-hope cases from An Bord Pleanála's point of view. As Deputy Hourigan outlined, much of these costs had to do with deviating from county development plans, etc.

Deputy Munster has raised the issue of data centres. We need to decide on what we wish to do here.

Based upon what the members are saying we need to write back to An Bord Pleanála again seeking further information, as outlined by Deputy Hourigan, in respect of the eight cases and the number of them that relate to those legal costs.

Will Deputy Munster clarify her request on regarding data centres?

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