Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 October 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities.
9:30 am
Mr. Paul Hogan:
The new planning and development Bill will introduce statutory timelines for An Bord Pleanála. On the enactment of the Bill, it will be necessary for An Bord Pleanála to operate like a local authority with regard to how it issues decisions. It will respect the differing complexity of planning decisions. A planning decision on a one-off house will clearly not be among the most complicated and should be dealt with within 18 weeks. Something more-----