28. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of IPAS developers circumventing the planning process, and if he will take action to end this practice. [12474/25]
Topics / Planning Issues
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsPlanning Issues
434 questions from 101 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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427 written, 7 oral
101
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| January 2025 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 16 |
| March 2025 | 17 |
| April 2025 | 6 |
| May 2025 | 32 |
| June 2025 | 12 |
| July 2025 | 43 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 28 |
| October 2025 | 35 |
| November 2025 | 40 |
| December 2025 | 22 |
| January 2026 | 26 |
| February 2026 | 27 |
| March 2026 | 17 |
| April 2026 | 24 |
| May 2026 | 29 |
| June 2026 | 27 |
| July 2026 | 14 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 10 |
| October 2026 | 7 |
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36. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he is taking to ensure that additional land is zoned for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12680/25]
38. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to require local authorities to facilitate a pre-planning meeting for every new significant residential, community and infrastructural development above a set threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12726/25]
41. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to update the 2005 sustainable rural housing planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12530/25]
47. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on proposed new rural planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12408/25]
52. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of active strategic development zones of which his Department is aware, and the number planned over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12646/25]
54. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for his plans to support rural housing in the mid Cork region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12872/25]
55. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the introduction of special development plans for Gaeltacht areas, as per the objective of the programme for Government. [12716/25]
64. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to increase the quantum of zoned and serviced land to accommodate new homes through the implementation of a revised National Planning Framework. [12722/25]
70. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will apply the local authority contribution waiver to planning applications for the development of housing, which were delayed by An Bord Pleanála due to a “significant backlog of cases” and which then subsequently missed the 31 December 2024 deadline to avail of the aforementioned waiver; and if he will make a statement on…
90. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the discussions had with local authorities regarding the dezoning of brownfield sites that have previously been zoned for residential development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12580/25]
96. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he envisions the publication of the review into the National Planning Framework; the measures he is considering to increase the amount of zoned land nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12397/25]
342. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work his Department is undertaking to review the planning guidelines provided to local authorities regarding the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13076/25]
833. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will implement an exemption scheme for planning permission and other fees for homeowners rebuilding their homes due to defective blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10995/25]
1263. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the preparation of the application for substitute consent to An Bord Pleanála for the development of the deep-water quay project at Ros a Mhíl, County Galway. [11178/25]
272. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education what planning has taken place in her Department in relation to projected population growth in Portmarnock, County Dublin, and the projected impact on school places within the local area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10308/25]
283. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport the rationale behind Transport Infrastructure Ireland objecting to one-off dwellings that apply for planning permission with a shared entrance on national routes; if he can issue a directive to prevent this from continuing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7987/25]
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 land banks, which is …
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]