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Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Therefore, those will be prioritised in front of other cases-----

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: When you consider the housing crisis we have at the moment, and that would be the bulk of the kind of applications that are coming in, whether they are one-offs or multiple units or whatever, not having a full board or a full complement of staff would be unconscionable given the need to get good decisions. I do not think every application that is made for planning is necessarily a good...

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously it was in the legislation that there would be fines, therefore it is incumbent on the Department to give An Bord Pleanála the resources to deal with that. When did the board start alerting the Department to that deficiency? I ask Ms Buckley to go back on that and come back to us with accurate information on it.

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Can Ms Buckley look to see if there was anything that predated that-----

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: -----because this is not a recent crisis? When the SHD process was initiated, there was a sizeable increase in the staffing in An Bord Pleanála because of that. Will Ms Buckley also give us some information about the staffing numbers prior to and then after that process and whether they were evaluated as being sufficient?

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: We will have to come back to the Deputy on that and on the way the staffing moved. We may also be able to give some indication as to how we estimate what additional planning inspectors were needed, if it is planning inspectors the Deputy is talking about here.

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: It is actually both.

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I have two more very quick questions. We have talked about the number of staff that was sanctioned. Are there other vacancies outside of the staff number sanctioned? There will always be some throughput but------

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: What kind of numbers are we talking about in relation to that?

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Therefore, the number that An Bord Pleanála has filled is about the same as it was losing by natural wastage. There is a whole other cohort. Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I had one other question.

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Very quickly on the point that the Chair made, the make-up of a board does matter. There could be three people, for example, from the construction industry and three from somewhere else. The board will always have to be mixed. When does An Bord Pleanála think it will get back to the point where people will be appointed from the cohorts that give that more rounded mix to the board?

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: It matters who makes up the board.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Health and Safety (25 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has consulted with experts and his European counterparts in respect of lithium ion battery energy storage systems regarding international guidelines such as NFPA 855 2020. [18996/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (25 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customers impacted by the 2021 IT calendar divisor issue in respect of underdeduction of LPT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18965/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (25 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customers who pay LPT by means of deduction from social welfare schemes by year and scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18966/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (25 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the liability letters for LPT recently issued to customers of pension age, the number that related to an underpayment of less than €50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18967/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (25 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in respect of the bandstand in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2; the estimated reopening of same; if he will provide a schedule of costs attached to the works; if he will confirm whether a contractor has been appointed; and the budget that has been made available for the restoration works. [19476/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety (25 Apr 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 237. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the oversight role the Health and Safety Authority has in the context of lithium ion battery energy storage systems. [18994/23]