Garvey actually overestimates An Bord Pleanála’s staffing levels. When contacted, a spokesman said the agency’s board, which ultimately determines appeals and applications for strategic infrastructure and housing developments, has traditionally had just 10 members. It currently has eight but Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien is in the process of extending this to 15.
And the recent controversies, while damaging, don’t appear to rank highly on the scale of wrongdoing not when compared to what went on in other areas. The tracker mortgage scandal went on under the nose of the Central Bank for several years and has cost people their homes. But no amount of rebranding or mandatory timelines will move the dial unless agencies like An Bord Pleanála are adequately resourced.
Planning expert John Downey described the Republic’s system as one of the “most bureaucratic” in the world, noting that the current process, from local development plan to specific project assessment, An Bord Pleanála appeals and judicial reviews, could take up to four years and was one of the principal drivers of cost here.
creamycurranbun
Just say it! Open boarders has caused huge problems.
What happens when you increase the population by 500k in 6 years but don't even build half that amount of homes?
Uncontrolled immigration is at the heart of the housing crisis. Of course you won’t write about that
We have an immigration crisis.
We do not have a housing problem in Ireland. The expectation that we entitled to other people's earnings for our benefit is but a part of a much bigger underlying problem. It's time you boys in the media woke up and did some real investigation!!!