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 am keen to come back to the parts of the society's submission that do not relate to judicial review, so I will ask my final question on the latter issue. We have had a number of different discussions, all very interesting, around the proposition to allow for changes of the decision based on errors or fact or law. I ask Ms Minch to explain, in plain English for those of us who are not lawyers, why that is a problematic proposition. In defence of it, some people have said it will just help speed things up or that it refers to minor, technical issues. Other people have said this is significant and will have impacts on both people taking judicial reviews and also on the integrity of the process. Will Ms Minch explain, in as non-legalistic way as she can manage, why this is an issue and potentially a problem?

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