Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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On staffing, as the Minister of State will know, the CCMA said a year and half ago that more than 530 additional staff were needed.

They have sanction for an extra 100 but I do not believe they have been employed and the workload is increasing. Staff numbers are way behind what they need to be. That is a separate matter. I want to get this right. Is the Minister of State saying there is no set of circumstances in which an application for a licence could be submitted where an EIA or AA is required?