Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I too wish the Ceann Comhairle, Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, all the best. I am sure he will be back in action very shortly. Up to 9 September 2021, planning permissions were for five years. Prior to that date, it was possible for young people and other people wishing to build a one-off house to apply for an extension of a further five years. Under Housing for All, brought forward by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, this aspect of planning has been changed and people are no longer able to get an extension for a further five years. Many young people have run into trouble in that because they were not able to work last year and earlier this year, they cannot get mortgages. Other people have been hit by the increase in the cost of living and the cost of building materials. I am asking the Taoiseach to ensure that this change which, I am sure, happened inadvertently, is reversed. We need the availability of an extension for a further five years to be reinstated as currently many in rural Ireland are being denied it.

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