Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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An Bord Pleanála (the Board) is the national independent statutory body with responsibility for the determination of planning appeals and direct applications for strategic infrastructure and other developments under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and certain other Acts.

Arrangements have been put in place by all bodies under the aegis of my Department to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. This provides a speedy, efficient and cost effective system to address queries directly to the relevant bodies. The contact email address for An Bord Pleanála in this regard is Oireachtasqueries@pleanala.ie.

In order to be of assistance, my Department requested the information from the Board who have advised that section 221 (2) of the 2000 Act provides that the An Bord Pleanála is subject to a statutory objective to seek to dispose of any such Compulsory Purchase Order confirmation applications within a period of 18 weeks beginning on the last day provided for the making of objections.

The Board have advised that, having profiled recent Compulsory Purchase Order cases, two such cases were before the Board and neither were the subject of a formal decision by the Board. In one case there was no objection received to the application and in the other an objection lodged was withdrawn both resulting in no formal decision being warranted. Accordingly the Board does not have an average time for such applications due to the circumstances outlined above.