""The challenges the State faces today in the delivery of housing and infrastructure are being compounded by the utilisation of our laws in certain circumstances to delay, obfuscate and undermine the efficient delivery of vital projects which would benefit our communities and the common good as a whole," he warned. "In particular, the utilisation of judicial reviews to prevent the delivery of vital accommodation, transport or environmental projects because of technical breaches of statutory rules or procedure is abhorrent to the common good."
""In any republic, laws are there to serve the common good and the people who put them in place through their democratically elected representatives. "They should not be viewed as a game that can be won or lost depending on absolute compliance with our ever-growing statutory architecture or rules of procedure. "I think it is obvious that, at this time of a housing emergency and infrastructural deficit, our increasingly impactful and expansive judicial review process must be curtailed.""
Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan said legislative changes were required because judicial reviews were being used to undermine projects for the public good. He acknowledged significant challenges in delivering housing and infrastructure and said the use of laws in some cases delays, obfuscates and undermines efficient delivery of vital projects. He described judicial reviews that block accommodation, transport or environmental projects over technical statutory breaches as abhorrent to the common good. He asked his Department to propose reforms to rebalance judicial review so that the common good and public interest are central when examining vital infrastructure and housing projects.
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