Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. David Duffy:

We have seen a significant rise in the number of applications. We mentioned in our opening statement that we need to see more resources within the planning system to be able to deal with the applications. The volume of applications went up significantly and there were not sufficient resources to meet the demand. That led to an extension of timelines.

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