Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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471. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures in place to ensure that no conflict of interest arises for members of An Bord Pleanála in arriving at its decisions on individual planning applications; if he will outline the arrangements in place for each member of An Bord Pleanála to declare their interests and where these are published; and the legislation or other controls that are in place where a conflict of interest arises. [25379/13]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The main statutory provisions in this regard are set out in sections 147 to 150 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000. These create the overall framework and section 150 , in particular, provides for a Code of Conduct incorporating this framework. Declarations are recorded in accordance with these requirements. The Code of Conduct is available to be viewed on the Board's website (). It should be noted that Board members are also subject to the provisions of the Ethics Acts.