Planning

O’Brien pledges to bring memo to cabinet on Donegal planning corruption

The response by the minister for housing and local government to a Dáil question is the first time a timeline has been committed to on the long-delayed planning corruption report

Darragh O’Brien, minister for housing and local government: ‘I hope to be in a position to bring a memo to government regarding my proposed next steps by the end of the year.’ Picture: Careth Chaney/Collins

Darragh O’Brien, the minister for housing and local government, has told the Dáil he will being a memo to cabinet this year in relation to the long-delayed report into planning corruption in Donegal.

O’Brien was responding to a question from Patrick Costello, a Green Party TD, who has repeatedly asked when the report would be published.

The minister said that the report, entitled 'A Review Into Certain Planning Matters in Respect of Donegal County Council', ...