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- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: More often than not the Minister will accept the regulator more than the local authority. That is what I have seen anyway.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Not always.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: I wanted to clarify that. I have a couple of questions for Mr. McGarry regarding the board. It will have 15 members. Up until fairly recently, under statutes of the House, different interest groups had to be represented on the board. Different bodies had a right to appoint to the board, including An Taisce and other groups. Will Mr. McGarry briefly outline what was the situation? If 12...
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: I do not mind who answers. The only reason I asked Mr. McGarry is he was referenced as the only person here where there has been an overlap. I did not want to put Ms Buckley on the spot.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: I understand that.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: I do not want to question any decision. I am asking who is now represented within that 15.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Is it all civil servants? I welcome the fact there has been a big change. Mr. Hogan can go ahead.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: I do not want to use up the time; do not go through the whole thing. Those different bodies were represented, including An Taisce, architects or whoever. What is the situation now? I am sure the people that are there have a hard job to do and I wish them well in that, but who is represented there now? That is what I am trying to find out.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Who was represented and is now? Briefly.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: I am trying to form a picture in my head. Are the 12 newbies civil servants? Is there planning expertise there? That is what I am trying to find out. What happened to those bodies that had a statutory right to nominate to the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Are some of those bodies that had the right to nominate now left out? That is what I am asking.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: I will ask Ms Buckley a question. Difficulties arose with many positions in the past - there were judicial reviews and costs associated with that - where two members of the board made decisions. As we move forward, will we have situations where there will be two members of the board? Will there always be three?
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: The question on juggling around was answered. It will not be the same three people-----
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Random. We welcome that. An Bord Pleanála has 219 members and needs about 100 more.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: I am not saying this as a criticism, but 16 have been done in the first four months of the year. We only have another eight months left. An Bord Pleanála will get about 30 more in-----
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Ms Buckley is saying a number of others are in the pipeline.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: An Bord Pleanála has to get that right; I understand that. Has the Minister confirmed An Bord Pleanála will have the resources it needs in terms of staffing, finance and firepower to do that? It has a lot of catching up to do.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: It is a good job there is one. On the backlog of cases, what is the number of decisions that are over time at present?
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Do SHDs have the largest-----
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Approximately how many are we talking about? How many cases are over time in An Bord Pleanála on at the moment?