Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is on the public record. Among the proposals was the waste incinerator at Poolbeg. Mr. Boland was also present when An Bord Pleanála approved contested projects such as a property development in south Dublin and wind farms which the company of which he had been a director, RPS, had been central to proposing. The former Minister, when questioned regarding his support for Mr. Boland, failed to adequately justify why someone with such conflicts of interest should have been appointed to such an important and sensitive position within the planning process. As long as such unhealthy connections exist between those directly involved in controversial planning proposals and the planners themselves there will be a clear need for an independent regulatory system as is proposed in our motion.

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