Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will sign a commencement order to further extend expired planning permissions for housing developments (details supplied) under the Planning and Development (Housing) and Tenancies Act 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33435/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 provides for a second extension of the duration of planning permissions relating to developments of 20 or more houses in specified circumstances. 

I am proposing to make certain necessary amendments to the provisions in section 28 of the 2016 Act.  It was originally intended to make these amendments in the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016 which is progressing through the Oireachtas and is presently at Dáil Report Stage.  However, due to the limited time available in the current session and the need to enable this provision to be commenced as early as possible to facilitate the completion of the construction of housing developments where permission is about to expire or has recently expired, I have obtained Government approval to introduce these amendments in a short priority Bill – the Planning and Development (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2017 – with a view to passage through both Houses before the Oireachtas Summer recess.  Early enactment will enable me to commence section 28(2) of the 2016 Act as a matter of priority.