Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As I say, this matter has been resolved.

The direction states, "Furthermore, in deciding not to accept the Inspector's recommendation to refuse permission on visual and built heritage ... grounds the Board considered that on balance the location of the site did not affect or injure the character or setting of the Glaslough Architectural Conservation Area" and so on. At a previous meeting with the committee, Mr. Walsh acknowledged that board members will most likely never have set foot in the general area about which they are making a decision. Mr. Walsh has said anyone can write to the board. I am not making a judgment one way or another in respect of the application but could anyone who might have a concern about that decision know there was a potential that the people who made this decision also happened to have been a part of 75% of decisions where the inspector's report was overturned? How would anyone know there may be allegations in respect of the connections of some of those board member with telecommunications companies? There are only two sets of people who have the capacity to do that. One is investigative journalists.