Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

There is something rotten in An Bord Pleanála. The only reason we know this is because of the work and the serious stories published by The Ditch, especially over a period of about six months, about what has been happening with An Bord Pleanála. I will briefly list just some of the many allegations published on that website. The publication of these allegations started on 6 April, with a report that Paul Hyde had defaulted on loans and had failed to declare his legal ownership of three properties in the 2021 register, as required by law. Then, on 12 April, the allegation was made that he had signed off on a controversial build-to-rent development on which his brother's company had worked. On 13 April, another allegation was made that Mr. Hyde had not declared a conflict of interest when refusing planning permission for a development beside land owned by his firm. On 22 April, it was further alleged that he had not recused himself during 2019 and 2020 from at least a further six housing development applications on which his brother's company had worked. On 27 April, it was alleged that he had voted against a proposed housing scheme on a site bordering development land owned by his father. On 6 May, the allegation was made that he had approved the controversial planning application made by his sister-in-law-----

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