Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed)

Ms Maria Graham:

One of the underlying elements of the review is to ensure that we are meeting both EU and international obligations, to give that surety and to ensure any changes that might be proposed align with that. We will be very clear around the Aarhus elements. Obviously, access to information, public participation and access to justice are the three pillars of that. They are very clear components. As things evolve over time, you have to check that alignment is staying in place.