Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fail)

I support Senator Ormonde's call for a debate on An Bord Pleanála. In two instances of which I am aware a local authority granted planning permission for developments, objections were made to An Bord Pleanála whose inspectors visited the sites and recommended that the local authority decision be upheld, yet the board refused permission. That was totally outrageous. There are questions to be answered in the House by the appropriate Minister. Faceless people are making decisions with regard to areas they have never visited.