Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

We are relying on the Department to give us accurate information. The reality is that this does not have the benefit of an exemption from planning permission. In reply to parliamentary questions, I have been told that this house specifically requires planing permission. There is an enforcement notice with the local authority. To be honest, I have no problem if exceptions are there to be used. There are exemptions for particular buildings. However, when those parameters are not observed, people have a right to recourse. I do not necessarily think the Committee of Public Accounts is the vehicle through which that has to happen.