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move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to repeal the Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 605 of 2022) and Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations … related to the provision of temporary accommodation for persons seeking international protection or in receipt of temporary protection. Exempted development regulations are an important part of our planning system but they should always be the exception and not the rule. They work best when they

restrictive in requiring planning permission for public art murals on private property. It is interesting because when you look at the exempted development regulations, this is in stark contrast to commercial advertisements. In fact, there is a huge number of exempted development categories … make our cities better places to be. It is for that reason that I am introducing this legislation, the Public Art Mural (Exempted Development) Bill 2026. The Bill seeks to create a new category of exempted development which will apply to "public art murals" on private

tent may have closed but the alignment that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have with developers and these types of people is still very evident by the continuous bills and tax exemptions it seems to give to these people. Huge apartment blocks can be seen in Cherrywood … stages – ten here and ten there – mainly to keep up the price of the rent, which is in excess of €2,000. The developer does not want to lose that €2,000-plus rent that he or she can command. We have a lot of empty apartment

need the facilities. These areas will be ghettoised without proper transport, education and community infrastructure. We had a chance with Clonburris strategic development zone but a hames was made of it but this is another day's debate. In terms of assisting with supply, nothing … that some of the measures could push up rents even higher. By exempting new units from certain caps, the Bill could end up creating a two-tier market, as others have said, whereby new developments can charge a lot more, even allowing for the consumer price index

apply for new apartments and student-specific accommodation that both commenced and completed development in compliance with the building control regulations on or after 10 June 2025. From 1 March 2026, a new exemption from the annual rent increase restriction is provided for the first rent setting

purely to increase supply and increase the profits of large developers and real estate investment trusts that are largely from outside the country. To give an example, I see the logic of providing exemptions for new builds linked solely to the consumer price index … would get between 4,000 and 6,000 houses, which is not the number of houses needed. If you were trying to develop a system, you would not have brought in HAP in the first place, but we are kind of stuck with it now. That

number of smaller centres. We have a number of section 5 exemptions that caused huge uncertainty, confusion and everything that goes with that in communities where there was essentially speculation on behalf of wealthy developers. Some of those developers made their fortunes on the back

European Committee on Social Rights also found that several positive developments had been progressed by Ireland in compliance with the charter since these particular complaints were taken, in particular the removal of the blanket exemption of members of the Defence Forces from the Organisation of Working Time

There is a strong pipeline of future developments, with over 5,150 additional affordable purchase homes approved for support from the affordable housing fund across 22 local authority areas. From budget 2026, cost-rental homes will be exempt from corporation tax, making projects more viable and ensuring

cycle to work scheme and the accelerated capital allowance scheme for child care facilities, but also for fitness centres, which encourages employers to develop fitness centres on site for their employees. Furthermore, the private gym sector already receives tax-based public support through the reduced rate … membership fees. It is estimated that this reduced rate saves private gym operators and gym members around €32 million per year. An exemption from income tax and corporation tax also applies for the income of certain bodies established for the purposes of the promotion of athletic or amateur

referenced stated: "Businesses and homeowners within certain pockets of Dublin, such as along the River Dodder, where several flood defence schemes have been developed in recent years, remain unable to obtain insurance." This is a real issue. In the letter the Minister of State sent … Compensación de Seguros in Spain, Caisse Centrale de Réassurance, CCR, state insurance providers in France and even VHI here in Ireland are exempt from the directive. Is it Government evasion and a lack of ambition at play here and not regulatory constraints

moving back into their family homes to build up a deposit, only to find themselves outbid. Couples queued for hours and hours outside developments, lining up before dawn to secure a chance to bid on a first home, only for the vultures to swoop in, not with … Tánaiste accept, in the face of the facts, that the Government's policy has failed? Does he accept that as long as these exemptions remain, first-time buyers will continue to be gazumped by vulture funds? Will he now act to keep the promise he made

agree on the rules and have a rules-based system, enforcement is the most important part because in any situation, if you develop and put in place rules but then ignore or do not enforce them, you do not have rules at all. That will be exploited … service availability and not on who can profit the most and the fastest. We are calling on the Government to end planning exemptions for this type of accommodation, to access local services and to engage properly with communities. Ireland must support integration properly from the ground up through

village has a very high percentage of elderly people, so people were waiting for this nursing home to come along. What happened? A developer flipped the property and said he was going to put 400 people into it. That was the plan. It caused absolute chaos … ordered the centre, which was basically an unauthorised centre, to be shut down. It issued a quashing order in respect of the planning exemption granted to the hotel. That was another very good example, and vindication for the residents and all the groups. It was cross-party politics

their own homes or in their community, with dignity and independence. I have just come from the launch of a collaborative housing development in Richmond Place, Inchicore, involving the Departments of health and housing, Dublin City Council, Circle Voluntary Housing Association and ALONE. A total … their needs within the home, perhaps by converting their homes into separate living spaces, we will support that. We are looking at planning exemptions in this area to support greater choice. It is all about providing choices to older people that they can avail of on a voluntary

Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the exempted development guidelines for residential development will be brought into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12666/26

Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current timeline for bicycle storage to become exempted developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9417/26

asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has, or intends to, apply for a State aid exemption for the purposes of the development of the strategic floating LNG facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13099/26