The new laws will also allow planning bodies such as An Bord Pleanála or local authorities to correct an “error of fact or law” in their planning decision after a judicial review is initiated. They will also have the right to seek a stay on the determination of the case while doing so.
Certain Government figures believe these measures face the inevitability of constitutional challenge for curtailing the rights of litigants. But that is a battle the Coalition is willing to fight. The Government is also likely to argue that demand for judicial review actions may be weakened by greater national planning consistency in the new regime, with only limited grounds for An Bord Pleanála or its successor to materially contravene development plans.
The chief political sponsor of the draft law is Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien. But the scheme bears the legal imprint of outgoing Attorney General Paul Gallagher. The attorney has signalled he will leave the Government when Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar switch posts next Saturday but his influence will live on in the form of the Bill that O’Brien anticipates bringing to Cabinet on Tuesday.
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It’s all very well but this fellow is facing a no- confidence vote on his performance this coming Tuesday. I really don’t think he has the validated credentials to continue with his policies which have clearly failed. Was he linked to vulture funds in his earlier career
He doesn't know his arse from his elbow.