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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: I am referring to regular citizens. I am not taking from Deputy Catherine Murphy's time. When the witnesses refer to talking to stakeholders, are they only talking to themselves and the usual people?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Would you consider a person who has made a submission as part of your work and not a stakeholder?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Nobody is suggesting that you reply to 50,000 people. If you got to 500, you would be doing well. When I hear about stakeholders coming out, I want to know where the ordinary citizen is in that. I have not received the answer yet.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Okay. The board knows who responded to the consultation it carried out. You might give us a breakdown of those, such as from local authorities, Departments, Government agencies, professionals representing clients and ordinary citizens.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: You understand what I am seeking.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: I am not asking you to do any more work than you have done, which is to give the committee a breakdown of who responded.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Walsh should provide his best estimate.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Please explain to the public what projects of common interest are.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: They are projects that are carried out with other states.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: A note on the dual role would be helpful.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: There was a recent appointment made to the board. The book indicates that there are nine members.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Who was that recent appointment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: No, it is not up-to-date.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Three of those members have gone.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Can this be sent back through the committee secretariat, please?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: On those two last points, I understand that in trying to contact the owner the local authorities check with the Property Registration Authority, send registered letters, and go back through old planning files to see the last point of contact. If they cannot find the owners, the local authorities affix a notice to the property, which normally alerts the person who is not living in the area...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Would Mr. Walsh be conscious of them?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: I have seen a practice beginning to develop around the country where people have been in default, they cannot pay, they have gone, and the banks are left owning the house. Local authorities are telling me that sometimes the bank lets it go because it is not worth trying to sell it on the open market and they like the CPO process because it gets the property off their hands, they get the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: They would be happy.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: They also end up getting a cheque without leaving their desks. That is the other side of it. I concur completely with Deputy O'Connell's comments about the location for oral hearings and the independence of those. I understand that other members have expressed their own views about whether the hearings should be held in local authority buildings. It is not a view of the committee and it...