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)

Mr. Tom Flynn:

I presume there are people who would say section 50B is inadequate, even at the moment, because applicants have to incur a certain level of costs in respect of which they are not recompensed even if they win the case. They have to wait until they win the case, so to speak, to get it. For example, a person who wants to instigate a judicial review challenge may need to engage lawyers and pay them a certain amount up front. He or she may also need to engage expert witnesses and pay them up front as well. That is all very well, but even if the person wins the case ultimately, or even if the case is compromised, he or she does not get paid until down the line in relation to-----

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