Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2:00 am
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
I agree with the Deputy and under the Planning and Development Act, I would have much stronger powers with regard to being able to issue statements to local authorities. I will be doing so where we see and accept - and I do in this case - that we should not be continuing to mandate large numbers of ground floor retail units where there is no realism to them ever being filled.
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