Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community

Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (Atógáil)

Mr. Paul Hogan:

To answer that point, there has been a significant increase in the number of staff in the Department in the last six months. That process started last spring. We are completing the recruitment process now. We have more or less doubled the team of professional planners to be able to deliver on the objectives. We cannot say for sure on what date it will be published but we have given a definite date by which we will prepare a document for the Minister of State that will start the ball rolling with regard to making a set of proposals to update everything, bring it all in line and give guidance. After that, it is a question of whether we could do strategic environmental assessments, SEAs, and consultation. However, we are-----

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