Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This year, An Bord Pleanála has shelled out more than €1 million of taxpayers' money to developers because of the delayed decisions on controversial strategic housing developments, SHDs. This information emerged in the aftermath of revelations that the legal bills of An Bord Pleanála have more than doubled to €8 million a year arising from a litany of legally questionable planning decisions. Millions of euro are being wasted because of the bad and late decisions being made by the board. Why is this allowed to happen? How long will it be tolerated by the Government? Will anyone in An Bord Pleanála by held accountable for this appalling waste of taxpayers' money? Will the Government include this financial mismanagement in its ongoing review and reform of An Bord Pleanála?

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