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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: The term "have regard to"-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: This comes up over and over again at local authority level.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: The terms "having regard to" is littered throughout planning. The Deputy is correct.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: I agree with the Deputy that it is elastic.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: Could Ms Graham come back with the clarification? She is saying there is a legal interpretation. That would be helpful for the committee and the Deputy. In fairness to the Deputy, she has been trying to probe the weight of it. I suppose that is the term I would use.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy made the point very well.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: That will all be welcome. I have a few questions. If the committee agrees, we will let this run 15 minutes over because we were a couple of minutes late starting. Regarding governance and oversight, can Mr. Walsh provide absolute clarity about what reviews of disclosures the board undertakes led by its members and staff?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: I know that but could Mr. Walsh provide me with clarity on what reviews the board undertakes?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: Have there been situations in the past three to four years where the secretary of An Bord Pleanála brought anything unusual to its attention?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: This is despite the fact that they indicated earlier what has been outlined to Mr. Walsh about people's declarations being significantly or completely different from what they were in the previous year. Does that not jump out?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: That is fair enough.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: And Mr. Walsh does not know if it was raised previously?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: Is Mr. Walsh able to answer? What is the reason for the reduction in the number of disclosures made by board members in 2020 under section 148? What is the reason for that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: How long has Mr. Walsh been chairperson?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: He would have been there for this.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: In respect of the annual declarations that people make, even a member of a town council has to make them.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: Why were the controls not strong enough to detect where there might be conflicts of interest or where there was a weakness? Mr Walsh has said to me that nothing was seen, nothing unusual jumped out. What is the big failure there? Who is failing? Is it the board? Is it Mr. Walsh? Is it the secretary of the board? Where is the failure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yes. I am referring to unusual declarations or significant changes in declarations.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: That is correct.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Brian Stanley: Pending the outcome of the various examinations, reviews and inquiries, is Mr. Walsh, as chairperson taking action now while we are waiting for all of that in order to ensure that where unusual matters-----