Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Cian O'CallaghanCian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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This would potentially remove all that and remove the accountability for local authorities such that what they say is or is not exempted development will be taken as fact, whereby there will be no ability for anyone but the landowner to challenge that question, get a view from An Bord Pleanála and appeal it. That level of oversight and accountability will all be gone.