‘Lack of sanctions over planning corruption’

PLANNING corruption has created hundreds of thousands of victims, Green Party leader Trevor Sargent said yesterday, pointing an accusing finger at the Taoiseach for failing to sanction Fianna Fáil members involved.

“These victims are mainly ordinary taxpayers fleeced by the big developer friends of ‘Bertie the Builder’. Many of these house-buyer victims are now heavily indebted families with no option but to live far away from jobs, shops and essential services,” Mr Sargent said.

“Meanwhile, sitting members of the Taoiseach’s own party in the Oireachtas are suffering from collective amnesia regarding what payments they received and when.”