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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: Will the Chairman consider writing to the local authority or the Department for clarity on this issue?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: There are questions over the level of funding and regarding substandard work.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: Thank you, Chairman.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: I will focus on strategic housing developments, in respect of which An Bord Pleanála has been given enormous power with that policy in legislation. The legislation has removed all checks and balances even in normal circumstance. Certainly, it has removed them from the democratic process in the local authorities' adherence to county development plans in terms of objections from the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: But they are not compelled to take those on board.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: If a developer comes to An Bord Pleanála with his proposal for a scheme and it decides in his favour, the public has effectively been taken out of the picture as such.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: I am asking how someone challenges An Bord Pleanála's decision, say under the SHD scheme.
- 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?