Re: Re: An Bord Pleanála has no architect members

It seems ridiculous that people skilled at waste management and providing engineering services – things that have to be considered to be sure, but which affect the visual environment far less than good buildings and which in and of themselves are not drivers or directors of design – should be given the authority to decide in planning and design matters for which they have not been trained and arguably are not competent.

Does this imply that we have minister appointing professionals who may be incompetent to undertake the work they do to positions of high authority in the state?

You’d wonder was this the Minister sending a message to the RIAI over the debacle of Priory Hall.