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National Planning Framework

An official questions-paper heading. 25 questions (1 oral, 24 written), first 2025-04-02, latest 2026-07-01.

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2025-07-01 National Planning Framework

The questions

Aidan Farrelly written 2026-07-01 · to Public Expenditure
147. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide and update in respect of the master plan for the future use and enhancement of a location (details supplied); if a public consultation will be initiated; and if consultancy has been sought in respect of the site. [50184/26]
John Clendennen written 2026-06-25 · to Housing
137. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken by his Department to ensure that counties identified for population growth under the National Planning Framework have the necessary housing, water, wastewater and community infrastructure in place in advance of future development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48129/26]
Brendan Smith written 2026-05-26 · to Housing
659. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will give detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence from a local authority (details supplied). [39992/26]
Ken O'Flynn written 2026-05-14 · to Housing
390. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any modelling has been carried out estimating the proportion of projected housing demand to 2040 attributable to net migration assumptions within the revised National Planning Framework population projections. [36355/26]
Michael Cahill written 2026-03-05 · to Housing
187. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to publish a National Planning Statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17487/26]
Ryan O'Meara written 2026-03-05 · to Housing
189. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will update the rural housing guidelines to remove some of the unnecessary barriers to building in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17671/26]
Michael Cahill written 2026-03-05 · to Housing
201. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to urgently amend the National Planning Framework and the Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines as county development plans are aligned with these national policies which prohibits many applicants building a family home on their own land and-or buying a site and building a permanent place of residence around th…
Michael Cahill written 2026-03-05 · to Housing
384. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to allow for more one-off houses to be built to increase housing supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17486/26]
Carol Nolan written 2026-01-29 · to Housing
312. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the preparation of a national planning statement regarding rural housing and housing within Gaeltacht areas, as promised by the Government in its national housing plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7280/26]
Conor Sheehan written 2026-01-27 · to Housing
657. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of rezoning requests received by each local authority, in tabular form; the proposed date of adoption by each local authority under the guidelines of the first revision of the national planning framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6273/26]
Michael Cahill written 2026-01-22 · to Housing
160. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to allow for more one-off houses to be built to tackle the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4552/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan written 2026-01-22 · to Housing
226. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which the Sustainable Residential Development and Compact Settlements Guidelines have influenced the positions adopted by local authorities during development plan reviews across the country; if he can provide examples where relevant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4494/26]
Robert O'Donoghue written 2025-12-02 · to Housing
331. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Planning Statement for planning for rural housing will be published (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67543/25]
Eoin Ó Broin written 2025-07-29 · to Housing
1568. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the revised population targets as per the revised NPF have been formally communicated to local authorities. [42747/25]
Paula Butterly written 2025-07-10 · to Rural
124. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether he plans for a new rural specific development strategy, considering the National Planning Framework refers to self-sustaining rather than commuter driven activity, allowing its various city, town, villages and rural component to play to their strengths while moving away from a sprawl-led dev…
Eoghan Kenny written 2025-07-03 · to Housing
268. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the revised national planning framework will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36944/25]
Edward Timmins oral 2025-07-01 · to Housing
13. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage following the publication of the national planning framework, if he will advise when the local authorities will receive their revised population figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35827/25]
Conor Sheehan written 2025-06-19 · to Housing
313. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the revised national planning framework will be published; if he will guarantee that it will be published before the Dáil summer recess to allow for immediate debate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33269/25]
Edward Timmins written 2025-05-29 · to Housing
403. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the definition of areas under urban influence as defined under the previous national planning framework and ensure that this far too broad definition is changed and not applied to the new national planning framework. [26333/25]
Paul Lawless written 2025-05-15 · to Housing
60. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has confidence in the national planning framework considering its lack of emphasis on the practical supports needed to implement these developments over the next 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24352/25]
Catherine Ardagh written 2025-05-15 · to Housing
86. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a report on the revised national planning framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24645/25]
Mark Wall written 2025-04-29 · to Housing
1324. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the national planning framework revision figures will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20624/25]
Eoin Ó Broin written 2025-04-29 · to Housing
1343. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out all changes made to the revised National Planning Framework from the draft version published in November 2024 and the final version approved by cabinet in April 2025, in tabular form. [20935/25]
Paula Butterly written 2025-04-03 · to Public Expenditure
209. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform considering that as based on the National Planning Framework, Drogheda and Dundalk have been recognised as regional growth centres with population due to increase by 50,000 in each town by 2030; if he will commit to meeting the associated resourcing requirements and demands for the c…
Alan Kelly written 2025-04-02 · to Housing
183. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeframe for when the national planning framework will be revised; and to outline the process for how this will happen. [16213/25]
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