Planning Issues

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Questions (258)

Mairéad Farrell

Question:

258. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 19 May 2022, the nomination date of all members and the nomination forms for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27853/22]

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Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The appointment of Board members to An Bord Pleanála is governed by section 106 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), and Part 7 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended. It provides that appointments to the Board by the Minister for Housing,Local Government and Heritage are generally made from candidates nominated by panels of prescribed bodies. There is no nomination form prescribed for this purpose.

The information sought regarding the nomination date of all current Board members is being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

Letters of nomination from the relevant prescribed bodies in respect of the current members of the Board of An Bord Pleanála will be forwarded directly. In accordance with the GDPR principle of data minimisation, the names and other personal details of those nominees who were not appointed to the board of An Bord Pleanála are not disclosed. The table below sets out details of each current member of the Board, the relevant section of the Act under which they were appointed, the prescribed body who nominated each member and the date of said nomination:

Name	Relevant Section of Act	Nominated By	Nomination Date
Mr. David Walsh (Chairperson)	Appointed by the Government under Section 105	Appointed by Government	Appointed by Government
Mr. Paul Hyde (Deputy Chairperson)	106(1)(d)	Irish Rural Dwellers Association (IRDA)	20/11/2013
Mr Chris McGarry	106(1)(a)	Royal Town Planning Institute Ireland (RTPI) and Irish Planning Institute (IPI)	RTPI: 12/10/2018 IPI: 10/10/2018
Mr John Connolly	106(1)(b)	Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC)	16/02/2017
Ms. Michelle Fagan	106(1)(b)	Construction Industry Federation (CIF)	20/10/2017
Mr. Stephen Bohan	106(1)(b) - Additional Board member appointed under Section 104(2) of the Act from Panel B nominations	Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers (IPAV)	17/10/2017
Ms. Patricia Calleary	106(1)(c)	Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA)	06/08/2020
Mr Terry O'Niadh	106(1)(c)	County and City Management Association (CCMA)	16/02/2017
Dr. Maria Fitzgerald	106(1)(d)	Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI)	14/02/2017