Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery

Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service

2:00 am

Ms Angela Denning:

I do not think so. I think the people who are best placed with regard to that are the likes of An Coimisiún Pleanála, where it will be looking at its own decisions to see what proportion of them it is winning or losing, because that then determines its training for its own staff in the same way that county councils will have a record of how many they won or lost. From our perspective, we look at getting cases through the list and making sure that cases can get on daily – that we have a judge, a courtroom, a registrar and an interpreter if one is needed, that the papers are ready for the case to be heard and that the judges have what they need to make their decision. We are not concerned with the winners and losers. We are a bit like the facility staff in Croke Park. We provide the pitch and everything else but we actually do not care who wins the game. I know that sounds a bit-----

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