Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 October 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála

9:00 am

Photo of Peter BurkePeter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Essentially, there will be no political intervention. Obviously, primary legislation is different. At the end of the day, the Minister had to sign these guidelines. If a direction was issued against a local authority, it required his consent in order for it to be executed. Is that correct?