Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 July 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage

9:30 am

Mr. Graham Doyle:

Okay. I will come back to the Deputy on that. There is obviously an implementation group that was set up. I think that was something the Deputy mandated himself at the time, as I understand it. I am more recent to the organisation. In the context of the recommendations around appointments and open processes, I think there was a recommendation in the review that two members be appointed by an external process. What we are now moving to will of course require a legislative update as part of the review of the planning legislation. I think this was the first recommendation in the review in 2016. This has been worked through over the last 12 months. There has been intense engagement across a number of forums, particularly with the Attorney General's office, around that. The Minister is very much in favour of moving to open recruitment across the board.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.