Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 228: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been brought to the difficulty in the planning regulations which allow an exemption from planning permission for a change of use of a dwelling under Class 14(f) of the Exempted Development Regulations from private residence to a residence for persons with an intellectual or physical disability or mental illness and persons providing care for such persons but which currently do not require the developer to provide evidence of their capacity to provide such a service or any authentication or verification procedure with the Health Service Executive; if he will undertake to tighten up this loophole before it is incorrectly exploited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8190/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Planning regulations class as exempted development the change of use of a house to a residence for persons with an intellectual or physical disability or mental illness and for persons providing care for such persons. Conditions applying to this exemption limit the number of persons with such a disability or illness living in a house to a maximum of 6, and the number of resident carers to a maximum of 2. Regulations governing the qualifications of the persons providing such care would be a matter for the Minister for Health and Children.