Seán Conlan (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to overturn the local needs legislation to allow landowners in rural areas to sell land to buyers outside their immediate family circle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26784/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I refer to the reply to Question No. 181 of 22 September, 2011. I am satisfied that the "local needs" criteria set out in my Department's Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Sustainable Rural Housing (2005), and as further clarified in Circular Letter SP 5/08, remain valid.