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- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Could the interim chairperson come back to us with that figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: In terms of the reviews, particularly the issue of telecommunication masts and telecommunication decisions, was that a recurring issue or an issue that cropped up in those reviews, in terms of questionable cases or cases that might still be coming this way?
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Is An Bord Pleanála defending those cases?
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is okay. That answers the question for me. I do not want the interim chairperson to go into it. I am trying to be careful around it.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: I have one final question for the interim chairperson. From what Ms Buckley stated earlier, she welcomes the Planning and Development Bill and thinks that will help to put a better framework in place. Does she see it as reducing overall legal costs and putting the board into a better position? It is a policy question. Is she satisfied that it is-----
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Deputy Verona Murphy has indicated. I ask the Deputy to be brief, with one question.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Do not make comments about individuals.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: To be fair, I want to allow Mr. Hogan to respond to that.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: In fairness.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Deputy-----
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is a policy decision of the Government. To be fair to the Deputy, though, there is frustration about appropriate densities. For example, we all see the need for higher densities in areas with transport hubs.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Ballacolla in County Laois, Wellingtonbridge in County Wexford or somewhere down in west Wicklow does not need the same density level. That is the issue. While I know it is a policy matter, Members of the Dáil and local authority members are frustrated and feel that, if officials include something in the draft Bill, it is difficult to get the Government to change it. It is not just...
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: No. I am sorry-----
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: I will let the Deputy contribute again briefly in a second. In some more sparsely populated areas, it is not feasible for a builder to provide houses if densities are too confined, as the builder could not get people to buy them. There needs to be flexibility and a recognition of this fact.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: Briefly. We will not open up a debate on this.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: I want to let Mr. Hogan respond.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: No.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: I want to let Mr. Hogan respond briefly before we conclude.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: I am sorry, but no interruptions.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Brian Stanley: In my innocence, I believed until recently that apartments were cheaper, but it turns out that-----