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)

Mr. Philip Jones:

I think it is in the interpretations. The problem with paper is we have to go all the way back to it, but it is in there somewhere. It was suggested in 2000 that it be defined. We suggested that to the Department and I remember the assistant secretary at the time, Mr. John O'Connor, who became chair of the board, said "we do not want that". That was the answer.