Just over half of new An Bord Pleanála jobs filled

An Bord Pleanála was given exceptional approval and an additional €7.5m in funding for the recruitment of 93 new posts.

An Bord Pleanála has filled just over half of the jobs sanctioned by the Department of Housing since last December, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

The planning agency had been given exceptional approval and an additional €7.5m in funding for the recruitment of 93 new posts in the wake of a year of scandal which left it bereft of members at board level and crippled by a massive backlog of planning applications awaiting decision.