Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has been working very hard on the whole issue of delays in An Bord Pleanála, including providing extra funding and approval for more staff. The problem is that, despite all of this, appeals are still taking up to two years. The Minister is preparing a major piece of legislation but that will take time to go through the House. Will consideration be given by the Government to introducing a short piece of legislation to put statutory timelines on what is happening? Some of the appeals are taking over two years, which is ridiculous. Will consideration be given to putting some type of timeline in place so appeals are heard in the meantime in an expeditious manner?

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