Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 May 2021
Public Accounts Committee
2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála
9:30 am
Mr. Dave Walsh:
Each case is different but general themes include environmental issues, such as consideration of the environmental impacts of some of the development. They often involve issues regarding the level of detail provided in the inspector's analysis or in the board's reasons and considerations, whereby a court would ask how the board came to a decision. It is something that as we have dealt with judicial reviews we have looked at articulating more clearly in order that people can see the rationale behind the board's decision to grant or refuse. Each case tends to be quite different.