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Internal planning review is a smokescreen says Deputy Catherine Murphy
Press Release | 13th June 2012
On Tuesday the Minister for Housing & Planning Jan O’Sullivan, TD published the findings of the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government second Internal Planning Review; investigating planning irregularities in Carlow, Dublin, Cork City, Cork County, Galway and Meath. The report concluded that it found no evidence of planning corruption and proposed 12 recommendations to address deficiencies in the planning system.
This is in sharp contrast to Minister John Gormley’s announcement, precisely two years ago, that an independent external planning review was warranted following his review of his Department’s Internal Planning Review in respect of the same supposedly planning irregularities.
Deputy Murphy stated that “the findings of the latest internal planning review are a complete whitewash and do nothing to restore confidence in an already tainted planning system. The report is not impartial, as the Department officials merely spoke to the Local Authorities concerned and did not speak to the complainants. The findings are all the more alarming in light of the Mahon Tribunal findings, which indicated that the Irish planning system was systematically corrupt and indeed the An Taisce State of the Nation Report which highlighted the poor performance of planning authorities nationwide”.
Deputy Murphy stated that “this would appear to be a classic case of the Government having to be seen to act after the publication of the findings of the Mahon Tribunal, especially as this Government had axed the external planning review embarked upon by former Minister Gormley”.
Deputy Murphy called upon the Minister to “restore confidence in the Irish planning system and ensure a proper external planning inquiry is undertaken”. She also requested that “the Government act on the findings and Mahon Tribunal and immediately appoint an Independent Planning Regulator”.
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