{"id":1988,"date":"2022-12-13T13:55:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T13:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/government-bill-will-be-a-regressive-step-for-planning-reform\/"},"modified":"2022-12-13T13:55:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T13:55:36","slug":"government-bill-will-be-a-regressive-step-for-planning-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/government-bill-will-be-a-regressive-step-for-planning-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Bill will be a regressive step for planning reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>An Bord Plean\u00e1la needs to be protected from political interference<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Legislation being rushed through the D\u00e1il this week has the potential to further erode public confidence in the planning system, according to Social Democrats Housing spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis regressive Bill seeks to concentrate power in the Minister\u2019s hands when it comes to the appointment of members to An Bord Plean\u00e1la. It will effectively bring us back to the pre-1983 situation when Government Ministers were able to appoint members to the board. This practice was discontinued with very good reason as there had been political interference in the process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo restore public confidence in our planning system \u2013 and An Bord Plean\u00e1la in particular \u2013 it is crucial that the process is independent of politics. As proposed, the Bill gives extraordinary power and discretion to the Minister, which will not be subject to Oireachtas oversight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, we need a robust planning system \u2013 one that produces cohesive, strong communities and allows them to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Bill fails to take into account the lessons learned from our recent history of corruption in the planning process by some of those involved in politics. It is simply unacceptable to have politicians appointing members to An Bord Plean\u00e1la, which has a quasi-judicial role and should be completely independent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>December 13, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Bord Plean\u00e1la needs to be protected from political interference Legislation being rushed through the D\u00e1il this week has the potential to further erode public confidence in the planning system, according to Social Democrats Housing spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan. \u201cThis regressive Bill seeks to concentrate power in the Minister\u2019s hands when it comes to the appointment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cian-ocallaghan","category-housing-crisis","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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