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planning legislation. Kildare County Council issued a determination under section 5 that the change in use and development was not an exempted development and required planning permission. That was more than two years ago today. Kildare County Council issued a formal warning letter to the developer … engineers await the decision on a planning issue. That shows that all the elements of the State believe this is not an exempted development and have continued to operate in that vein. Unfortunately, things have escalated and this has caused difficulty for the residents. It has caused

local authority and the accommodation service provider". I fully agree. In this case the local authority has said it is not an exempt development and it has been backed up by An Bord Pleanála. This is not about who is there, but about process, regulation … they have an understanding of the rules and regulations. They are the experts and they have said it is not an exempt development. I again ask that the Department look at it closely, make a swift decision and bring this to a conclusion. The area has been

Council across URDF-eligible towns have been approved for acquisition, with 28 located in Clonmel. My Department introduced planning and development regulations that provide an exemption from the need to obtain planning permission for change of use in respect of certain vacant commercial buildings to residential

this year, it has been illegal to own an XL Bully-type dog without a certificate of exemption issued by a local authority in which the dog resides. Regarding developing more robust legislation, the Government will continue to support the ongoing discussions that take place

genuine options for older people, they will vacate larger properties and free them up for younger families, possibly their own. The proposed garden development is part of the solution in that it can create a downsizing option and meet the social needs of families, where one family … place. I do not think going down the road of the exemptions is necessarily the right way. We need to put a planning policy in place to create sustainable development into the future, which we have to do as well. While we are in a crisis

matter of our collective security because Ukraine’s security is Europe’s security. I will now turn attention to the international trade developments of the past few weeks. In an executive order signed on 10 February, President Trump announced a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium … executive order highlighted the increasing levels of US imports of steel as its rationale for the imposition of tariffs. It asserts that exemptions and modifications to the tariffs since they were introduced during the first Trump administration have undermined national security objectives by preventing sustained production capacity utilisation

serve rural areas. Deputy Joe Neville - To discuss the issue of Ryevale House, currently an IPAS centre, which has been deemed not exempt. Deputy James Geoghegan - To discuss the extension of the red line Luas to Poolbeg. Deputy Marie Sherlock - To discuss the exclusion of mainstream classes … water supply in north Kildare. Deputy Joe Cooney - To discuss the delivery of stand-alone, modular or temporary wastewater treatment systems for residential developments. Deputy Paul Murphy - To discuss the funding crisis at Sacred Heart national school, Killinarden. Deputy Jen Cummins - To discuss the need for pathways

that when we cannot build houses? There is a private estate in the village. The majority of houses are still connected to a developer-led wastewater plant. Some 17 years after that plant was built, none of those houses can be connected into the mains because … means getting a vacant property up and running and getting people living in, it is worth doing. We also need to consider planning exemptions for that and not letting people get caught up too long in the planning process. For example, over an old shop

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has any plans to review, revoke or expand SI 376/2023 - Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12865/25

Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the case of a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; if this school is exempt from applying for CLAR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9088/25

asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will review the recommendations contained within Circular 05/2015 regarding the day subsistence allowance, and, in light of the nature of the work involved, consider exempting emergency personnel of the National Ambulance Service from

Gaeilge exemption so that they may receive other educational supports during Gaeilge teaching time; that this has become a standard practise for secondary schools who are under resourced; that this is preventing many capable pupils from continuing to foster and develop their Gaeilge; and if she will