Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The position is that each year, the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government receives approximately 8,000 representations from various sources, including members of the public, NGOs, representative organisations and, sometimes, planning authorities. Some of these concern complaints and dissatisfaction with regard to planning decisions or policies that have been carried out. A number of these were identified by the former Minister, John Gormley, in a number of local authorities. The local authorities concerned were Dublin City Council, Carlow County Council, Galway County Council, Cork City Council, Cork County Council, Meath County Council and Donegal County Council. These are being examined.

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