Written answers
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Legislative Programme
Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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1807. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects undertaken to consolidate or amalgamate existing legislation, including the cost, the duration, the number of staff required and if this process was carried out by his Department or outsourced in each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [1568/18]
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The information requested in the question is set out in the following table.
| Year | Projects Undertaken to consolidate or amalgamate existing legislation | Cost | Duration of project | Number of Staff Required | DHPLG or Outsourced | Process outsourced? (Yes/No) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (unofficial consolidation) | N/A – part of Department’s regular staff costs | N/A – ongoing part of Business Unit’s work – 2001 Regulations are updated as the Regulations are amended, subject to staff resources | 2 | DHPLG | No |
| 2008 | Nil | |||||
| 2009 | Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (unofficial consolidation) | N/A - part of Department’s regular staff costs | N/A – ongoing part of Business Unit’s work – 2001 Regulations are updated as the Regulations are amended, subject to staff resources | 2 | DHPLG | No |
| 2010 | Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (unofficial consolidation) | N/A – part of Department’s regular staff costs | N/A – ongoing part of Business Unit’s work – 2001 Regulations are updated as the Regulations are amended, subject to staff resources | 2 | DHPLG | No |
| 2011 | Nil | |||||
| 2012 | Foreshore Acts (unofficial consolidation) | N/A - part of Department’s regular staff costs | N/A – ongoing part of Business Unit’s work | 1 | DHPLG | No |
| 2012 | Planning and Development Act 2000 | Consolidation of the Act was undertaken by the Law Reform Commission. Information is available at | ||||
| 2013 | Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (unofficial consolidation) | N/A – part of Department’s regular staff costs | N/A – ongoing part of Business Unit’s work – 2001 Regulations are updated as the Regulations are amended, subject to staff resources | 2 | DHPLG | No |
| 2013 | Planning and Development Act 2000 | Consolidation of the Act was undertaken by the Law Reform Commission. Information is available at | ||||
| 2014 | Foreshore Acts (unofficial consolidation) | N/A - part of Department’s regular staff costs | N/A – ongoing part of Business Unit’s work | 1 | DHPLG | No |
| 2014 | Dumping at Sea Act (unofficial consolidation) | N/A - part of Department’s regular staff costs | N/A – ongoing part of Business Unit’s work | 1 | DHPLG | No |
| 2014 | Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (unofficial consolidation) | N/A – part of Department’s regular staff costs | N/A – ongoing part of Business Unit’s work – 2001 Regulations are updated as the Regulations are amended, subject to staff resources | 2 | DHPLG | No |
| 2014 | Planning and Development Act 2000 | Consolidation of the Act was undertaken by the Law Reform Commission. Information is available at | ||||
| 2014 | Planning and Development Act 2010 | Consolidation of the Act was undertaken by the Law Reform Commission. Information is available at | ||||
| 2015 | Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (unofficial consolidation) | N/A – part of Department’s regular staff costs | N/A – ongoing part of Business Unit’s work – 2001 Regulations are updated as the Regulations are amended, subject to staff resources | 2 | DHPLG | No |
| 2015 | Planning and Development Act 2000 | Consolidation of the Act was undertaken by the Law Reform Commission. Information is available at | ||||
| 2015 | Planning and Development Act 2010 | Consolidation of the Act was undertaken by the Law Reform Commission. Information is available at | ||||
| 2016 | Planning and Development Act 2000 | Consolidation of the Act was undertaken by the Law Reform Commission. Information is available at | ||||
| 2016 | Revision of Housing Act 1966 | Consolidation of the Act was undertaken by the Law Reform Commission. Information is available at | ||||
| 2017 | Planning and Development Act 2000 | Consolidation of the Act was undertaken by the Law Reform Commission. Information is available at | ||||
| 2017 | Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 | Consolidation of the Act was undertaken by the Law Reform Commission. Information is available at | ||||
| 2017 | Dumping at Sea Act (unofficial consolidation) | N/A - part of Department’s regular staff costs | N/A – ongoing part of Business Unit’s work | 1 | DHPLG | No |
| 2017 | European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (unofficial consolidation) | N/A - part of Department’s regular staff costs | N/A – ongoing part of Business Unit’s work | 1 | DHPLG | No |
| 2017 | Commercial Rates legislation (unofficial consolidation) | N/A - part of Department’s regular staff costs | N/A – ongoing part of Business Unit’s work | 2 | DHPLG | No |
| 2017 | Revised Building Control Regulations 1997-2015 -Updated to 1 January 2017 | Consolidation of the Regulations was undertaken by the Law Reform Commission. Information is available at | ||||
| 2017 | Revision of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 and Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 | Consolidation of the Acts were undertaken by the Law Reform Commission. Information is available at | ||||
| 2018 | Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (unofficial consolidation – still underway) | N/A – part of Department’s regular staff costs | N/A – ongoing part of Business Unit’s work – 2001 Regulations are updated as the Regulations are amended, subject to staff resources | 2 | DHPLG | No |
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