Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It was around inconsistencies in practice by planning authorities and it was initiated by the then Minister, Mr. Gormley, on that basis. The review we carried out had exactly the same terms of reference as the review Mr. Gormley initiated. It was not an inquiry, it was a review, which is what Mr. Gormley initiated as well.

One of the factors that arose in carrying out the external review was the court case. There was a suggestion from the people who had originally made the complaints. They were picked more or less at random from a variety of complaints that had been made about planning in previous years. There was a suggestion in respect of the Donegal case that the person who made the complaint should be consulted and that is one of the factors that can now be considered by the person carrying out the review.

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