Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 July 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage

9:30 am

Mr. Dave Walsh:

Again, that is probably a question for the Department to answer. Certainly, there has been active engagement. We have an implementation group that comprises officials from the Department and from the board to look at all the actions and how they are being addressed. Some of them may well ultimately not be implemented. That is not to say that the recommendations were not made in good faith but they probably do not fit the statutory or the structural aspects of the board. It is an external review that provided observations. The Department has been looking at a range of legislative reforms. Since the report was issued in 2016 we have had major changes through strategic housing and we have had many other disruptions and new functions being taken on by the board. I do not know if the Department's representative would like to comment.