Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the office of planning regulator as recommended by Mahon report will be established. [31413/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

I refer to the reply to Question No. 354 of 24 June 2014.

The Government considered the findings of the Final Report of the Mahon Tribunal at its meeting on 27 March 2012 and published its response to the Final Report recommendations on 19 July 2012. This response is available on my Department’s website, at the following weblink:

.

The Final Report contained a total of 64 recommendations for further consideration, relevant to a number of Government Departments. In relation to those recommendations relevant to my Department, action on their implementation is being progressed through a number of legislative reforms and commitments in the Programme for Government, including the development of a successor to the National Spatial Strategy and the establishment of the Office of the Planning Regulator. Such commitments require significant statutory underpinning, and I intend to bring legislative proposals on these matters to Government shortly.