Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will move on because our time is limited, but we will have subsequent rounds. The issue of costs was raised on Tuesday by the Irish Environmental Network and some of its members. Is it Ms Minch's view we would be better to leave the cost protection and recovery regime post the Heather Hill judgment alone for a while in order to let that settle and see where it goes, rather than reopening all those issues? I am especially concerned by both presentations that the consequences of reopening it could lead to significant levels of additional litigation just at the point when most of that litigation is now settled. Does Ms Minch believe we should wait and see what happens post the aforementioned judgment, rather than opening something up again?

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