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Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Business of Joint Committee (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: I advise members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex in order to participate in public meetings. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity, by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable, or...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the role and responsibilities of An Coimisiún Pleanála, formerly known as An Bord Pleanála, and the Office of the Planning Regulator. I am very pleased to welcome from An Coimisiún Pleanála, Mr. Peter Mullan, chief executive, Mr. Chris McGarry, Ms Bríd Hill, Ms Ciara Kellett, Ms Erika Casey and Mr. Kevin Baneham. From...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Mullan and call Mr. Niall Cussen, chief executive of the Office of the Planning Regulator.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Cussen very much. For the benefit of the committee, before the witnesses came in, I omitted to say one thing. We received a lot of correspondence from the Department of public expenditure, Uisce Éireann, the Department of Transport, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority. I do not think members will have had time to absorb it. That is the...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: That is just an observation I want to put on the record so the public have an idea about it. Mr. Mullan referred to LDRs and the statutory timeline for them. He also mentioned the statutory obligations under Part 4 of the planning Act and said the commission was working to meet them. My conclusion at this stage is that, where there are statutory timelines for the legislation, they are...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: We have all received letters from An Bord Pleanála over the years informing us that decisions have been deferred. We could all quote examples. They might be small cases. You might have timelines, but they do not have-----

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: That is what I am talking about-----

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: I ask people to be aware of time.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: Obviously Mr. Mullan is familiar with it, but for those who do not know, I ask him to outline briefly what was involved in the Heather Hill case.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: What did that involve?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: The housing committee.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: Over to your office.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: I am sorry, I did not know what Mr. Mullan meant by that.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: Senator Flynn is next.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: We have Deputy Tóibín. I will immediately call Deputy O'Toole after that. She is not a member of the committee but has been with us all day and is very welcome to be here to ask questions.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: Is that done at council level? Is that just An Coimisiún Pleanála and not at county council level?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: It is not across the board.