An Bord Pleanála structure was 'not fit for purpose' — Darragh O'Brien

Housing Minister says there was 'a blurring of the lines between the governance of the board as an entity itself, and the planning decisions'

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien said 'resourcing wasn't always where it should be' and that An Bord Pleanála did not have 'the number of people required to be able to do the job that that is there'. Picture: Moya Nolan

Issues at An Bord Pleanála were caused by a "blurring of lines in governance", the Housing Minister has said.

In an interview with the Irish Examiner, Darragh O'Brien said the central failing at the scandal-hit planning watchdog was that the "structure was not fit for purpose".