Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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1366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date by which he will make a decision to publish the Mulcahy report on certain planning matters in respect of Donegal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47137/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Senior Counsel has completed his review of certain planning matters in respect of Donegal County Council and a report was submitted to my Department on 12 June 2017.

Legal advice has been sought on a number of points in this regard, including on the issue of publication. I currently await advice from the Attorney General in relation to this.

Once all legal advices and a submission has been finalised by my Department, I will be in a position to consider the matter of publication further, and to make a statement, when appropriate.

Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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1367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which he referred disclosures made by a person (details supplied) to Donegal county council; the action to date taken by Donegal county council in relation to the matters referred to it by his office regarding disclosures made by the person which he deemed to fall outside the remit of the Mulcahy review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47138/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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In an ongoing correspondence with my Department the named individual has submitted several alleged instances of planning irregularities to my predecessors. My Department has considered each of these in turn. The bulk of the named individual's allegations have been the subject of a review by Senior Counsel. My Department has received Counsel's report and I await legal advice from the Attorney General's Office in respect of its findings. Other allegations have been responded to by relevant officials within my Department.

My Department has previously advised the named individual that matters relating to Donegal County Council should be brought to the Council directly and he has brought a number of complaints to Donegal County Council that fall outside of Counsel’s review. It is my understanding that the Council has paused its investigation of these complaints pending the outcome of Counsel’s report.

Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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1368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which he referred disclosures made by a person (details supplied) to An Bord Pleanála; the action to date taken by An Bord Pleanála on the matters referred to it by his office regarding disclosures made by the person which he deemed to fall outside the remit of the Mulcahy review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47139/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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In an ongoing correspondence with my Department the named individual has submitted several alleged instances of planning irregularities to my predecessors. The bulk of the named individual's allegations have been the subject of a review by Senior Counsel. My Department has received Counsel’s report and I await legal advice from the Attorney General in that respect. Other allegations have been responded to by relevant officials within my Department.

My Department has previously advised the individual referenced that matters relating to An Bord Pleanála should be brought to the Board directly, as it is an independent agency with its own complaints procedure. It is my Department's understanding that An Bord Pleanála has been in direct correspondence with the individual concerned regarding his complaints and An Bord Pleanála have confirmed to my Department that their most recent correspondence with that person was in April, 2016 and that it considers its correspondence with that person closed.