Written answers

Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Legislative Programme

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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1526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of pieces of legislation both enacted and published by his Department which originated in work carried out by the Law Reform Commission in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the details of each piece of legislation in the corresponding year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15351/18]

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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While my Department does not routinely collect data of this nature, in the past ten years, there were two sections of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 which implemented Law Reform Commission recommendations and are detailed in the table below:

YearTitle of ActSection of ActLaw Reform Commission Recommendation
2010Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010Section 59 (amended Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000)Report on Multi-Unit Developments, published June 2008 - recommended that it should be owners of units only who would have the right to determine whether a housing/residential estate is taken in charge by the planning authority, in certain circumstances.
Section 32 (amended section 50A of the Planning and Development Act 2000)Report on Judicial Review Procedure, published February 2004 – recommended to introduce a judicial discretion whereby the judge can proceed to hear the leave stage of Judicial Reviews on an ex parte or inter partes basis.

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