Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 April 2023
Public Accounts Committee
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021
9:30 am
Mr. Paul Hogan:
No. They are not left out. We are moving away from that. We have yet to finalise the procedure for that. It is an absolute priority for us now. The first priority was to ensure there were 15 functioning board members, including experienced senior civil servants, some of whom were former directors of planning, for example. These are people who are planners and worked in planning functions in their own organisations. The first priority was to ensure the board is adequately resourced to take the decisions to deal with the backlog. The next process now is to design a procedure that enables representation as suggested.