Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I draw the Deputy's attention to page 424 of the Bill and section 238 on taking in charge. Subsection (1) refers to cases where "the developer of, the owners’ management company of, or a majority of the owners of the houses in, a development requests that all or part of the public components of the development be taken in charge by the planning authority in whose functional area the development is located" and subsection (3) provides that the "planning authority shall endeavour to make a decision under subsection (1) within 6 months of the making of the request (or, where a notice is given under paragraph (a) of subsection (2), within such longer period as results from the extension of the period of 6 months by the period specified in the notice), but a decision under subsection (1) shall not be invalidated by reason that the decision was not made within that period.".

When the taking in charge process is initiated, the local authority "shall endeavour to make a decision ... within 6 months". That is there.