Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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751. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedure for the changing of the name of a private housing estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34419/13]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Under Section 34 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended, planning authorities may attach conditions to planning permissions in relation to appropriate naming and numbering of, and the provision of appropriate signage for, proposed developments.

The law currently in force in relation to the changing of the name of a street or locality is set out in the Local Government Act 1946. Section s 78 and 79 of the 1946 Act , as amended, provide that a local authority may, with the consent of the majority of qualified electors, change the name of a street or locality.