asked the Minister for the Environment: (1) the number of administrative tribunals operating within his Department; (2) the number of such tribunals operating in bodies for which he is responsible; (3) the type of each tribunal; (4) the legislation under which each tribunal operates; and (5) the number of appeals to each tribunal and the number upheld in each of the past five years.
Written Answers. - Administrative Tribunals.
163.
As the reply includes a tabular statement I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
(1), (2) 1* (An Bord Pleanála); (3) The role and procedures of the board are as provided in the Act at (4); (4) Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976; (5) The numbers of appeals were as follows:
|
Year |
No. of appeals |
No. of appeals upheld upheld |
|
1977 |
2,729+ |
927 |
|
1978 |
3,635 |
919 |
|
1979 |
3,797 |
723 |
|
1980 |
4,070 |
1,188 |
Notes:
*It is assumed that by "administrative tribunal" the Deputy means a body specifically set up under statute to decide appeals.
+ 1977 figure is in respect of the period from 15 March.