The Labour Party has submitted a complaint to a Dáil Committee about former Minister Damien English’s planning scandal.
Fine Gael TD Mr English stood down from his position as Minister of State in the Department of Enterprise after it emerged that he had failed to declare that he owned a property on a planning application.
Planning laws in Meath County Council required applicants to confirm if they already owned a property when applying for planning permission to build a one-off home.
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Labour leader Ivana Bacik first raised the prospect of calling for a Dáil probe into the matter last week.
On Friday evening, the party confirmed that it had lodged the complaint with the Dáil Committee on Members’ Interests as “it believes former Minister Damien English may have committed a specified act under Section 4 of the Standards in Public Office Act 2001 by providing false information on a planning application”.
The Irish Mirror contacted a Fine Gael spokesperson for comment.
Ms Bacik asked Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the Dáil on Tuesday if he intended to take further action.
He replied: “Deputy English has resigned as Minister of State. Anything to do with planning or enforcement law, as I have said, is a matter for Meath County Council.
“The internal procedures we have in our party are confidential and are internal matters, just as the Deputy's are.”
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