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

Seán Fleming: This committee looks at corporate governance and we hear about appointments to boards. Sometimes the boards need a person who knows corporate governance, a person with a financial background, or somebody in the medical field. I do not need to know their résumés but will the witnesses send on to us their backgrounds?

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

Seán Fleming: Yes. Who on the board has a financial background, who has a legal background and how many planners are there?

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

Seán Fleming: I ask Mr. Walsh to send it on.

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

Seán Fleming: I will come to the county manager. I understand somebody who has a public job and who goes back working-----

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

Seán Fleming: I wanted to put that on the record. An Bord Pleanála's members would have been around the country when they hired a county manager, and now he is in with An Bord Pleanála, so his salary-----

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

Seán Fleming: That means that the person's salary cannot exceed-----

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

Seán Fleming: -----the salary of his or her original or current position.

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

Seán Fleming: Fair dues to that person. They are working for very little. They must love their job.

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

Seán Fleming: I just wanted to confirm that-----

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

Seán Fleming: -----because it would have raised queries as the day went on. Mr. Walsh will send us information about the quorum, which I know he has.

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

Seán Fleming: It is ridiculous to think all ten people should look for a house extension. One could not operate without a quorum. It is really an executive board.

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

Seán Fleming: I was about to say it is like the courts. An Bord Pleanála assigns the various members of its board like whoever runs the business in the courts assigns judges to different cases. It is a bit like that because An Bord Pleanála's role is quasi-judicial to an extent, so I see a parallel. It is not the case that every member of the High Court sits on every case. I think that when...

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

Seán Fleming: Fine. Mr. Walsh can send us a note on the next question I want to ask. An Bord Pleanála's inspectorate does the work on all decisions, presents the report to the board members and so on. Will Mr. Walsh tell us, if he has the figure off the top of his head, which he probably does, although I ask him to send it to us anyway, how many decisions of the board accept the inspector's...

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

Seán Fleming: As Chairman, I want to put to the committee the two sides to this. It depends on whether one likes the judgment or the decision. People will have a view as to whether it is right or wrong. If a person agrees with the inspector and is overruled by the board, people complain bitterly, but then I always take the view that if the inspector's decision is the final word, why is a board needed at...

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

Seán Fleming: Did Mr. Walsh say that as part of An Bord Pleanála's published documentation, one can see who the three or four board members were-----

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

Seán Fleming: If I look up the decision, I will be able to see all that.

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: It is a matter of transparency again.

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

Seán Fleming: Those three are operating as-----

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

Seán Fleming: I have some further questions. I am looking through An Bord Pleanála's annual report. For strategic infrastructure development there is a requirement for pre-application consultation. Am I correct in saying that?