Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Ceann Comhairle and the Minister. In regard to the Minister being familiar with the 26-page judgment and him making a statement like that, this was not a disagreement. It was ignorance of basic planning policy and the legal framework. Mr. Justice Humphreys spelled it out in black and white, saying that irrespective of the law of the land, the regulator fails to operate within the law and makes it up as he goes along. Those are Mr. Justice Humphreys’s words on the case the Minister is familiar with. They are not my words. I will give the Minister another quote from the judgment that demonstrates the total incompetence.

...the [planning regulator] and the Minister are trying to shoehorn the circumstances here ... even though the council did not fail to comply with any requirement ... That is in effect a shortcut and a failure to do the necessary groundwork...

The Minister’s endorsement of the planning regulator is unbecoming. Even the most ardent supporters of the regulator could not have confidence in him, having read last Friday’s judgment that the Minister states he is familiar with.

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