Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and-or local authorities have the powers to implement an area-specific, time-bound moratorium on granting of planning permissions for housing developments (details supplied); if so, the person or body responsible for putting in place such a moratorium; the way in which it would operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2454/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I have no powers to implement a moratorium on the granting of planning permissions by a planning authority for any type of development. Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, I am specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned, except in specified circumstances which do not apply in the situation referred to.

In the circumstances concerned, the relevant local authority has adopted a local area plan for the area in question, which sets out the order of scheduled phases of development based on a set of criteria, such as road capacity, environmental considerations, etc. Local area plans are put in place to support appropriate development at the local level, consistent with the planning and sustainable development policies set out in the relevant county or city development plan, and regional and national policies set out in the relevant Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy and the National Planning Framework, respectively.

Planning applications within each local authority area are considered by the planning authority in this context, including in relation to the phasing of new development where set out in the relevant statutory development plan or local area plan.