Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 October 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála

9:00 am

Mr. Dave Walsh:

Very simply. We have a process in place through the code of conduct. If any file or category of file comes up, people who may have had recent relations or business contacts do not get involved. The same is true of people who have worked in certain sectors. Normally, for the first two years they would not get any files associated with that sector at all. They would not be allowed even to sit in on meetings. In time, cases might come up that could be local to a member or one might know people who are involved.