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

Seán Fleming: I want to see whether there is a material difference.

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

Seán Fleming: I accept that.

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

Seán Fleming: An Bord Pleanála had 39 requests, 16 of which were deemed strategic. Out of those that were deemed strategic, will Mr. Walsh give us the percentage that ended up as grants for the past number of years. He can understand my question. The same goes for the strategic housing developments. Is pre-planning consultation required for those?

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

Seán Fleming: Mr. Walsh means developments of more than 100 units.

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

Seán Fleming: Am I right, then, in saying there is no further information request process as part of this process?

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

Seán Fleming: Mr. Walsh can understand people wondering whether An Bord Pleanála and a given applicant sat down together. I refer to what a planning authority would normally consider as part of a planning application. If the authority receives an application, it is unusual not to have some request for further information, and that can then be assessed and people can see it. In these situations,...

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

Seán Fleming: An Bord Pleanála needs to assuage that concern because it pervades quite a lot of the debate on strategic housing development. Perhaps those figures will add to public concern or perhaps they will not - I do not know - but we need information. That is why we-----

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

Seán Fleming: The lads or ladies could be having coffee together, though, so that does not cut the mustard with the public.

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

Seán Fleming: Has the public the opportunity to object at that stage?

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

Seán Fleming: There are site notices.

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

Seán Fleming: What is the timescale? It is five weeks at local authority level.

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

Seán Fleming: There is a site notice.

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

Seán Fleming: How many applications were there?

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

Seán Fleming: A third of applications are still not getting through.

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

Seán Fleming: That is the first time I have heard the figure today.

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

Seán Fleming: Mr. Walsh mentioned compulsory purchase order appeals. There were quite a few dealt with last year but Mr. Walsh said no new cases were received. When people think of compulsory purchase orders, they think of land acquired for road purchases. Is that the case or does this relate to a council doing a compulsory purchase order?

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

Seán Fleming: Has the board a role in that?

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

Seán Fleming: That is the appeal.

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

Seán Fleming: It is only an appeal. If somebody is not satisfied with the settlement offered, it can be appealed to the board. The board is not the original decision-maker.

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

Seán Fleming: That is okay. Everybody sees the board involved in these matters but it is only used at the appeals stage. Will the witnesses speak about the legal costs of €3.25 million? I have not been able to work them out fully in the financial statements. They are referred to twice in the report. On page 72 there is a figure for non-recoverable costs under legal fees of €1.886...