Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Ms Maria Graham:

There is an important point here, in that the Attorney General comprises the legal part of the review, something Deputy Ó Broin touched on and I apologise for coming not back to him on this point. Policy rests with the Department. Legislation will be brought to the committee and rests with the Oireachtas. While there is a body of work around what might be called a fitness check, as European directives are always framed, that is the legal perspective.

The policy input is from the Department. The ownership of the legislation is with us, and that is why we are engaging with the various bodies. We liaise with the Attorney General. We do not have the list, but we can certainly reflect the view of the committee in terms of knowing who is on the Attorney General's review group.

We can examine the planning advisory forum. There are about 44 members on it. We had one engagement with it. A lot of work has been done online. We had a useful round table in May. It might be useful to consider whether we find a vehicle that suits in terms of some sort of engagement.

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