Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am making the case that the key point is the executive. The executive does not always represent the elected members. Once the executive sends its decision, the elected councillors have no right of appeal. They cannot go back to the board and say that the decision is not correct. Elected councillors of the local authority have no right of audience with An Bord Pleanála once the executive commits its views to paper and submits them to it. Councillors do not have an opportunity to correct or rectify something that has been said by the executive.