Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 February 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments Under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 26 - Collection of Motor Taxation
Financial Statements 2011 - National Roads Authority
11:00 am
Mr. Fred Barry:
The worst case scenario is that the European Court of Justice will rule that in a protected habitat, no work of this nature may proceed on the basis on which An Bord Pleanála approved the scheme. In that case, the planning approval might be quashed. If that happens, any new application for approval will have to start from scratch. It is a very unhappy situation.