Ms Oonagh Buckley:

Under a provision of the Bill, it will be permissible for An Bord Pleanála to accept appeals electronically, which has not been possible heretofore. This will be a great help. We are working with the Local Government Management Agency, LGMA, on the e-planning systems. An Bord Pleanála needs better IT. We hope, over the course of the coming years, there will be a signal improvement from the public's perspective as to how citizens interface with the planning system and, in our case, the planning appeals system.