Planning

An Bord Pleanála delays outsourcing plans after union warning of ‘discord’

Fórsa criticised the planning board for attempting to hire external advisers to provide advice to its audit and risk committee

An Bord Pleanála was told that Fórsa members would ‘not cooperate’ with a plan to hire external advisers to provide advice to its audit and risk committee

An Bord Pleanála has paused plans to outsource elements of its corporate governance after a trade union warned that the move would cause “serious personal discord”.

Fórsa has strongly criticised the embattled planning board for its attempt to hire external advisers to provide advice to its audit and risk committee.

The union told An Bord Pleanála that its members would “not cooperate” with the plan, which it claimed was in breach of local and national ...