Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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I want to go back to Mr. Egan about costs. He might be able to provide us with a note about the strategic housing developments that have been judicially reviewed where the case is decided. Where the board has been successful with a judicial review, will he tell us whether legal costs were recovered? If not, why not? Where the judicial review was successful for the other side, did the board pay the legal costs for the other side? Were costs awarded against it? Will Mr. Egan provide that note to us in respect of the strategic housing developments? What is the primary reason for judicial review in cases where the board won the case and costs were not awarded against it? I seek a note in that regard.

Local authorities often include in their development plans a phasing of developments because they are trying to match plans against schools, construction of bridges or roads and other infrastructure and services. That is why the local area plans are important and there is much engagement with them. Does the board include those phasing decisions that are included in the various local authorities in the same way that the local authorities would? It does not look like it does.