Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 February 2022

Committee on Public Petitions

Consideration of Public Petitions on Unauthorised Developments: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Gerard CraughwellGerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Buckley continually used the term "unauthorised development". It is my firm belief this matter will find its way to the courts for resolution at some stage. I am deeply concerned about it. I fully appreciate where Deputy Buckley was coming from and I support most of what he said. If we had these two entities before us today to discuss the general topic, that would be fine and I would be very happy with that. As was pointed out by Deputy Devlin, however, this is a specific issue that was raised with us. It may end up having to be resolved in the courts. I am not comfortable with it and I do not believe we should stray into it. We should watch where we are going here. We know what happens when an Oireachtas joint committee gets something wrong.

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