Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Paul Hogan:
This is a matter for the lawyers but they have explained to us that costs do not follow the event in this case. That is why they are known as special costs rules. Section 50B is not a costs-follow-the-event provision. That is accepted and allowed for. We are staying in that territory of costs not following the event because of the access to justice issue.
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