Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I concur with the call to have a discussion on the situation in An Bord Pleanála. The fact that the deputy chairman has had to step aside as an investigation and audit take place throws up very serious questions over the governance and integrity of the board. I believe there are deeper questions to do with the ridiculous situation whereby a quorum of only three is required to deal with appeals, which means, in essence, two people can decide. We have constant situations of planning inspectors being overridden by a tiny number of people on the board. Then we have this situation with the deputy chairman.

We therefore need a serious discussion about the implications of what has just happened at An Bord Pleanála.

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