Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the current members of An Bord Pleanála; when these members were appointed to the board; when new members will be appointed to the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19170/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Appointments to the Board of An Bord Pleanála are governed by sections 105 to 107 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and positions on the Board are filled as vacancies arise in line with those provisions. Information on the current nine members of the Board, their dates of appointment and when their appointments expire is set out in the following table:

The recent Report of the Independent Review Group on the operations of An Bord Pleanála, which was commissioned by my predecessor and published in March 2016, contains a number of recommendations relating to the arrangements for the appointment of Board members, which would require legislative underpinning. These recommendations are under consideration by my Department.