Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of enforcement orders which have been issued by local authorities in connection with planning permission; the number of occasions on which legal action has resulted from enforcement orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30732/10]

Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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According to the most recently available data which were published in the 2008 Annual Planning Statistics, 4,246 enforcement notices were issued by planning authorities in 2008 under section 154 and section 155 of the Planning and Development Act 2000. 1,028 prosecutions were initiated on foot of these enforcement notices.