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James Geoghegan Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
402. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider the issues raised by a person (details supplied) and provide a response in relation to development levy wavers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28897/25]
Emer Currie Written 28 May 2025 · to Housing
238. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a timeline and expected milestones for the identification and re-zoning of land following his direction to local authorities to reopen development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27842/25]
Emer Currie Written 28 May 2025 · to Housing
239. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an audit of underutilised land or zoned but undeveloped land has been carried out in the last 12 months; if not, if such an audit will be commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27843/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 28 May 2025 · to Housing
247. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made to date on fully resourcing the Ministerial Action Plan on Planning Resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27916/25]
John Connolly Written 22 May 2025 · to Housing
262. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to conduct a review of the spatial-planning-and-national-roads-guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26507/25]
Aisling Dempsey Written 21 May 2025 · to Housing
72. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to the implementation of the slurry storage exemption by September 2025, at the latest. [26157/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 20 May 2025 · to Housing
527. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the number of housing units currently delayed due to An Bord Pleanála's failure to issue timely decisions on planning applications; if he will outline the specific actions being taken to address these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25117/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 20 May 2025 · to Housing
528. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will establish an independent oversight mechanism to monitor delays in the planning system, particularly with respect to An Bord Pleanála's decision-making backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25118/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 20 May 2025 · to Housing
529. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider emergency legislative or administrative measures to fast-track housing applications that are stalled due to the planning backlog at An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25119/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 20 May 2025 · to Housing
530. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm whether targets have been set for the clearance of An Bord Pleanála's case backlog and if so, what accountability mechanisms are in place to ensure these targets are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25121/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 20 May 2025 · to Housing
531. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine whether the continued delays in planning decisions are affecting the viability of housing projects and contributing to cost inflation in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25122/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 20 May 2025 · to Housing
532. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he accepts that the failure to reform key institutions such as An Bord Pleanála has become a structural barrier to housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25123/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 20 May 2025 · to Housing
565. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if wooden bicycle sheds, constructed in front gardens, are exempted development for the purposes of the Planning and Development Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25946/25]
Edward Timmins Oral 15 May 2025 · to Housing
9. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how quickly the new housing national planning framework targets will be given to the county councils so that they can amend their county development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24826/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
29. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on proposed new rural planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24838/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
34. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing a streamlined planning framework to allow for the vertical extension of existing homes of up to four storeys where structurally feasible, particularly in cities and large towns; if he will examine this as a means of increasing housing density without requiring additional land purchases; and if he wi…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
79. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the additional resources to and reform of An Bord Pleanála have led to any tangible improvements in the decision-making timelines or an increase in the number of cases being heard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24539/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
672. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average wait time for a planning application to be fully processed from start to finish by An Bord Pleanála for each of the last five years. [23277/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
673. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the longest wait time for a planning application to be fully processed from start to finish by An Bord Pleanála for each of the last five years. [23278/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
674. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planning applications that have waited longer than six months; 12 months; 18 months; 24 months; 32 months to be fully processed from start to finish by An Bord Pleanála for each of the last five years. [23279/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
686. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planning permissions granted but not commenced for residential construction. [23340/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
711. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage on whom the duty lies to enforce An Bord Pleanála planning conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23559/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
712. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if developers are entitled to claim contribution and Uisce Éireann connection waivers after the commencement of works, despite planning conditions as set out by An Bord Pleanála not being adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23560/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
736. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to allocate the low cost sites that are available at Over The Water, Cahersiveen, County Kerry for many years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23656/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
769. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential units that have received planning permission with conditions restricting the bulk buying or multiple sales to a single purchaser and ring-fencing them for owner occupiers since May 2021 by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24307/25]