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. Dave Walsh:

I appreciate we had the discussion earlier and the Deputy was not happy but the system is based on personal responsibility and integrity in the first instance. When an organisation of the scale of the board, which is not a large organisation but deals with a significant volume of cases and large complex cases, there must be a certain level of trust within the system, but the system must then back it up in asking what spot checks and controls are in place. Where we can identify weaknesses in those, and we will not be shy in taking action on foot of any reviews by us or through the Office of the Planning Regulator, OPR, we can strengthen and provide that level of confidence.

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