Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

According to a press statement released by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, yesterday, he has appointed an individual who the Ceann Comhairle does not want me to name and who has extensive experience in planning to the board of An Bord Pleanála. The press release stated that the individual was employed by a private company. That is inaccurate because the individual is head of planning for a public listed company, Glenveagh Properties plc, not a private company. The company is headed by another NAMA individual the Ceann Comhairle does not want me to name. The individual who has been nominated to An Bord Pleanála is a former employee of NAMA. He was head of planning with the agency. I am concerned that his appointment to the board will create a conflict of interest. What happens if Glenveagh applies directly to An Bord Pleanála for a strategic housing development of more than 100 units? Would this member be given a say in the decision-making or would he be absent for it? What would happen if-----

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