Planning Issues

519. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will undertake a review of the planning permission required for people who wish to build log cabins on their property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7626/25]

433. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Planning and Development Act 2024 draft exempted regulations will be published; and when the public consultation period is set to commence. [5744/25]

452. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish the Mulcahy report into planning irregularities in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6058/25]

271. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she or her officials will meet with a delegation from an organisation (details supplied) to discuss a planning permission issue. [5276/25]

187. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Government will reinstate planning laws for the location of IPAS centres across the country. [5080/25]

347. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce planning permission for a change of the use of land from a family farm to an industrial agricultural unit, as large investors are buying up land for tax purposes, which is pushing up land prices and pushing families off the farm; and the current system is creating new landlords with large l…

348. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will change the law to stop vexatious opposition to farmers’ planning permissions from individuals with no material interest in an area, as currently, a small number of serial objectors, often located many miles from a development, can oppose a planning permission. [3956/25]

381. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the definition and objectives in the planning code of "self-sustaining growth towns"; how many have this classification in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4652/25]

74. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to confirm when a project (details supplied), which has been granted planning permission can proceed; if this project has been advertised in order that tenders can be submitted; when it is likely that the tender process will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38…

143. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will bring forward amendments to section 254 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, for overground electronic communications infrastructure and associated physical infrastructure (details supplied). [3811/25]

144. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether it is appropriate that development of large-scale permanent telecommunications masts can avail of the section 254 licensing process generally utilised for temporary signage and street furniture, rather than the standard planning permission process; if the grant of such a licence on lo…

573. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the implementation of the Ministerial Action Plan on Planning Resources; if each of the five working groups (details supplied) has been formally established; the number of times each working group has met since it was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2220/25]

590. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes granted planning permission in Dublin city in each of the years 2020-2024 inclusive, by local electoral area and type of dwelling (whether apartments or houses), in tabular form; the number of these homes that will be affordable-purchase homes, as well as the number that will be allocated …

592. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a controlled derogation of planning permission law can be introduced during the term of this Government, to allow for an increase in the number of homes being built for young families, many of whom have access to family land, but cannot obtain permission to build due to spatial planning guidelines; and if h…

997. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the use of a private residential dwelling home as a residential care home for children in the care of the State, where that care is being provided by a private provider contracted to Tusla, requires a change in either the planning status of the private residential dwelling, or a change in i…

261. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport if he will support Galway County Council in making a formal request to An Bord Pleanála to modify the planning consent conditions in order to remove the requirement for the National Parks and Wildlife Service agreement of method statements for the improvement works on the N59 in County Galway from Bunnakill to Claremount. [1555/25]

770. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on planned revisions to the Rural Planning Guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1228/25]