Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Oonagh Buckley:

There are other issues. One of them that we have flagged with the Department is the need, for example, to ensure that they capture the rezoning of lands, which was not specifically mentioned in the 2000 Act. That is something that I think the Department is moving to capture in this new Bill. I do not have a view on the aspect raised but I want great clarity in the board and in the commission's code of conduct on individual responsibility on board members and staff to ensure that the board cannot be held up by having potential conflicts of interest damage their reputation in the future.

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