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)
Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
No, there is no conflict. It appears that the documents held by the commission will be made publicly available. As the provisions are at the moment, the documents can be viewed. Section 336(3) states: "The Commission shall retain all other documents ... for a period of 12 years", and, therefore, these are not the ones referred to in section 336(1)(a), (b) and (c). However, section 336(4) qualifies it, stating, "copies of such documents shall be made available by the owner or occupier of the land" and not the public.
No comments