move:
That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 2) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 3) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted … Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 4) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 5) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 6) Regulations 2026, and
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 7) Regulations 2026,
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Dáil of 7th July is hereby discharged.
(ii) That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Orders in draft:
(I) Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 2) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted Development … Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 4) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 5) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 6) Regulations 2026, and
Planning and Development (Exempted Development
move:
That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 2) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 3) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted … Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 4) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 5) Regulations 2026,
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 6) Regulations 2026, and
Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 7) Regulations 2026,
copies of which
division claimed shall be taken immediately)
- Motion re Referral to Joint Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2026 and Planning and Development (Licensing of Outdoor Events) Regulations 2026 (without debate and any division claimed shall … Sweden) Order 2026 (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately)
- Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2026 (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately)
- Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil
claimed to be taken immediately)
- Motion re Referral to Joint Committee of Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Draft Regulations for Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2026, and Planning and Development (Licensing of Outdoor Events) Regulations 2026 (without debate and any division claimed … proceedings on the Motion re Referral to Joint Committee of Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Draft Regulations for Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2026, and Planning and Development (Licensing of Outdoor Events) Regulations 2026 shall be taken without debate and any division
primarily to correct typographical errors and cross references. Section 4 includes a transitional clarification in the definition of “exempted development” to ensure that planning exemptions under the Act of 2000 can continue in force under the Act of 2024, as provided for in section … section 14, which means it should be completed by 31 December; the amendment of the expiry date of the current county and city development plans in section 27; and a trigger for the review of development plans in section 19. The revised expiry dates are grouped in batches
Deputy Gannon already alluded to how he was aware of that.
All development proposals require planning permission, unless they are specifically exempted under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, or the supplementary Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended. Where any person is unsure if planning … whether their case "is or is not development or is or is not exempted development" within the meaning of the Act.
When a person submits a planning application under section 34 of the 2000 Act, irrespective of whether the proposed development is located in an urban or rural
section into the Bill to disapply the 2024 Act in respect of detached auxiliary dwellings that are developed as exempted development under the forthcoming amendments to the planning and development regulations SI 600/2021. Such detached auxiliary dwellings must be constructed, erected or placed to the rear … planning and development regulations, PDR, come into operation. On and after that date, the 2024 Act will disapply in respect of such detached auxiliary dwellings that might be developed in the future. It is the intention for a detached auxiliary dwelling that is developed having availed
does well when it is consistent. That is one of the reasons we changed the rural planning guidelines this week. It is one of the reasons we are changing the exempted development guidelines. Particularly in a small country, we should not have a different approach to planning from
Labour Party support the need for more flexibility when it comes to exempted developments. What I do not support is the whole idea of allowing landlords to rent out "Cummins cabins", effectively, without any protection for tenants. The fact of the matter is renters will have no Part … will not require planning, it will be hard to identify where they are and to make sure that they are of a decent standard. I have no issue with more flexibility when it comes to exempted development. In fact, it is necessary.
A couple of months
will deal with the substance of the exempted development regulations when they come to committee on Tuesday of next week. Many of us on this side of the House have long argued for some flexibility in our planning code for family members to be able to provide free … considered under law a tenant and have the full protections of the Residential Tenancies Act. Notwithstanding a separate substantive debate on the exempted development regulations will have next week, this is an incredibly retrograde step and one to which we are fundamentally opposed
raised by a number of Members relates to workforce plans and ensuring that we have sufficient planning staff within our local authority system. It is important to note that under the ministerial action plan on planning resources, 244 planning staff have been approved over the past number … staff within our local authority system and within our planning system overall. However, what I am trying to do as Minister of State is remove red tape from the planning system by introducing the likes of exemptions, and I know that provisions for modular housing were mentioned
In parliamentary questions
Mattie McGrath
Written
Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of planning applications or Section 5 exempted development declarations relating to IPAS accommodation submitted since 2023, by county; and the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52100/26
Roderic O'Gorman
Written
Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider adding public art as planning exempt under the revisions of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (details supplied). [51361/26
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