Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Report on National Development Plan: Economic and Social Research Institute

Dr. John Curtis:

That is certainly one part of it. Are there enough resources for planning? We in the ESRI are not experts on public planning but we do see that the capacity coming through the relevant body is making things difficult. It does not have enough time to deal with the projects. The same agency is dealing with an objection to someone's Velux window and a windfarm or whatever else.