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

Seán Fleming: It could take a considerable period.

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

Seán Fleming: They are still out there.

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

Seán Fleming: Interested parties are waiting for the third public consultation. It will be no easier this time. No matter what happens, it is dreadful that we must wait seven years for the process to be completed. I have made my point. I seek clarification on another matter. We have been referring to An Bord Pleanála in a terms of planning decisions, but I want to separate it from the board,...

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

Seán Fleming: Who are the people pictured on page 48 of the report?

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

Seán Fleming: Page 48 details the scheduled attendance at the general board meetings and they are all-----

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

Seán Fleming: Are they also members of the board?

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

Seán Fleming: They have a dual role.

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

Seán Fleming: This is unusual.

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

Seán Fleming: That is probably historic. It is a bit strange that what a layperson would term senior employees are also the board of directors who run the company.

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

Seán Fleming: Who chairs the remuneration board?

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

Seán Fleming: The salaries are set.

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

Seán Fleming: It is noted on page 50 that travel and subsistence for the board comes to €2,000. Is that travel and subsistence in respect of the individuals' membership of the general board? I presume that the ten members of the board who deal with planning cases do a certain amount of travel.

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

Seán Fleming: Are they all office-based?

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

Seán Fleming: Okay.

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

Seán Fleming: Yes, small items. It is the smallest figure for quite some time for board travel and subsistence for an organisation that has come before us.

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

Seán Fleming: I was wondering whether there is a separate figure relating to the members' other role, but there is not.

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

Seán Fleming: When an appeal comes in, does an inspector physically inspect each site? Do they inspect the extension at the back of a person's house when an objection is put in by a neighbour?

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

Seán Fleming: Every site is visited. Are all Bord Pleanála staff based in Dublin?

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

Seán Fleming: An Bord Pleanála does not have an office outside Dublin.

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

Seán Fleming: The inspectors have to travel to counties Cork and Kerry.