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

Imelda Munster: Judicial review.

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

Imelda Munster: They would have to have deep pockets to take that on, would they not?

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

Imelda Munster: But in general, a person would have to have deep pockets to take something on. An ordinary man or woman in the street is not going to take that on.

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

Imelda Munster: That is just on environmental grounds though.

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

Imelda Munster: I do not mean "just" but that it is limited to those grounds.

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

Imelda Munster: I know Mr. Walsh is only new to An Bord Pleanála. Could I ask where he worked before?

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

Imelda Munster: Right. What Department did he work in?

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

Imelda Munster: What particular section was it?

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

Imelda Munster: It is my understanding that the Planning Regulator was also previously an employee of the Department. Am I right in saying that?

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

Imelda Munster: I am sure. It is interesting. That has just triggered another question. Would Mr. Walsh be aware of many people who have worked in An Bord Pleanála or the Department and are now working for private developers in a consultation role? Would he know offhand if there are such people or how many?

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

Imelda Munster: It is interesting, with Mr. Walsh's background and his previous work. The Sunday Business Postarticle states that according to a Technological University Dublin housing lecturer, the lack of construction activity on SHD developments highlights flaws in the fast-track process, which is dependent on the developers acting on the permission granted. That is an incredible situation. The one...

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

Imelda Munster: The board's role is also, I would imagine, the process of implementing policy. Even with his planning background, would Mr. Walsh not have seen that as a flaw at all?

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

Imelda Munster: Just in his capacity as chairman of the board, at no stage did Mr. Walsh recognise that as a flaw or think that he could flag this up with the Department, given that he was tasked with-----

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

Imelda Munster: The board has been given enormous powers under the strategic housing development, and with enormous power comes great responsibility. I was just curious if Mr. Walsh had recognised it as a flaw or if he had seen fit to flag it up with the Department.

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

Imelda Munster: Let me get it straight. The whole justification for being given the power for this scheme and the whole idea of the scheme was to fast-track. Now that is not happening. For two thirds of the planning applications, two thirds of the houses, work has not even commenced on them. What responsibility would Mr. Walsh take for that? I imagine he would have to accept some responsibility. The...

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

Imelda Munster: At what stage did somebody in the Department flag up to the Minister that while planning permission was given, the work was not starting in the fast-track process? At what stage did the Department recognise that, while the whole idea was to fast-track development, it was not happening and, therefore, the policy was not working? At what stage did the Department flag that up with the Minister...

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

Imelda Munster: How long?

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

Imelda Munster: Is Mr. Sheridan at liberty to say what the review group proposals were or what its findings were?

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

Imelda Munster: Would it be to fair to say the sole purpose, the sole justification, of this policy of strategic development was the fast-track process, and that given what has come to light in The Sunday Business Post, the fast-track process has failed dismally thus far and has become the fast-track fiasco?

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

Imelda Munster: It is standard but not standard in the fast-track process, which is different from everything else.