Ms Colette Drinan:

Basically, there are three different reports. The first was a conflict of interest analysis and report commissioned by the Minister. That is a confidential report that has been passed on to the Director of Public Prosecutions for further processing. There was an internal review, which the chairperson of An Bord Pleanála received on 26 July. As per the statement of internal control, it says it is expected the chairperson will require a period of time to consider the findings of this review before the contents might be shared externally, in addition to any actions taken to address any findings.

The Office of the Planning Regulator carried out a review in 2022, which was published in October 2022 with 11 recommendations. Then there was a second stage review, which was also published on 20 December with another 23 recommendations, of which 17 are fully completed and three are ongoing.