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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 March 2012

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Ceisteanna (308)

Michael Healy-Rae

Ceist:

360 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish a list of the names of cases dealt with by An Bord Pleanála in which the minimum quorum of two persons were adjudicating; the timeframe required since the two-member quorum was introduced by the previous Minister to date; and if he will provide the decision of the minimum quorum. [13718/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Jan O’Sullivan)

The new arrangements for the quorum for An Bord Pleanála were introduced through Section 41(b) of the Planning and Development Act 2010 which came into operation on the 23 March 2011. Details of all cases decided by the Board since then can be obtained on the Board’s website, www.pleanala.ie. The information sought in the question is not available within my Department.