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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 … change of use of Ryevale House to IP accommodation and the related works are both developments that are not exempted for the purpose of the Planning and Development Acts. Thus, Kildare County Council and An Bord Pleanála back up the residents' association, which shows what is going

Tipperary County 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

after show a development in a quiet area that has ultimately been destroyed from a conservation perspective. Matters have got out of hand in the area on that side. I take the Minister of State's point that "regulatory matters related to planning are between the local authority … 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 and how our planning laws work. Kildare County Council and An Bord Pleanála have taken

part of the solution. I already spoke to the Minister about development levies, which need to be looked at. Nobody wants to give a blank pass to developers but that you would charge a levy on development when you are in the middle of a housing crisis does … 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, we have

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 … tank or they have connection to a mains supply, and if other services are in place, then in circumstances that deserve planning, we should consider planning permission for those log cabins. There is scope in this regard that would at least give young people a start in life

Gaza. Hostages were being released, thankfully, and returned to their families. Aid was finally beginning to flow. There was an interesting and detailed plan in terms of the reconstruction of Gaza by Arab nations on which we wanted to engage. That fragile hope has been extinguished … that no state acting alone can address the entirety of our existing and emerging security challenges. Therefore, Ireland has engaged constructively with the development of the EU white paper on the future of European defence, which was published only yesterday. We will now engage constructively on its implementation

Geoghegan asked the 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

Cooney 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