Board chairman says he is precluded for legal reasons from publishing senior counsel’s report
An inquiry by senior counsel Lorna Lynch also found there was no requirement for An Bord Pleanála to initiate disciplinary action against any current or former employee. Photograph: Niall Carson/PAThe inquiry by senior counsel Lorna Lynch also found there was no requirement for the planning board to initiate disciplinary action against any current or former employee.
The disclosure of the barrister’s summary findings in a 130-page report comes two years after she was asked to investigate “matters of concern”, in the wake of turmoil over claims of impropriety in some of the board’s work. Based on the available evidence, Ms Lynch found “there were not sufficient grounds” to ask the Minister to consider whether there was stated misbehaviour by the board member.
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