Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Can the Minister of State give us any updated information on the number of applications received by the board under the new strategic housing development legislation? At what stage are they applications? When the legislation was going through, we raised the question of why consideration had not been given to imposing statutory timelines on An Bord Pleanála for all planning decisions. They apply to all local authorities which arguably have a bigger job to do in having to go through full applications, as opposed to an appeal to the board. Is there any impact on non-strategic housing development decisions taken by the board of a lengthening of the timelines by virtue of having to deal with larger applications under the new legislation?