Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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1670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he advised President Donald Trump to apply for a sea wall for a golf course under the strategic infrastructure Act, an application that was subsequently refused by An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36180/17]

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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1671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he provided planning advice to President Donald Trump at a meeting; and is so, the nature of same. [36196/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1670 and 1671 together.

I have not given any planning advice to President Trump, either generally or in relation to the development referred to by the Deputy.

Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, I am specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case with which a planning authority or the Board is or may be concerned, except in very limited circumstances, which may or may not ultimately arise in this case.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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1672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views regarding the ongoing failure of Offaly County Council to take enforcement action against a farm constructed without planning permission (details supplied) and which currently operates as a puppy farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36240/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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My role, as Minister, in relation to the planning system is mainly to provide and update the legislative and policy guidance framework. The legislative framework comprises the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended. 

Under planning legislation, the day-to-day operation of the planning system, including enforcement of planning control, is a matter for the relevant planning authority which can take action if a development does not have the required permission or where the terms of a permission have not been met. 

Under section 30 of the Act, I am specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case, including an enforcement issue, with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned.