Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)
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552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the guidelines for planning authorities issued in June 2007 will be updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20983/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Development Management Guidelines: Guidelines for Planning Authorities, which issued in June 2007, are currently being reviewed by my Department.  This review is aimed at further enhancing best practice for all parties involved in the development management process i.e. planning authorities, applicants, agents and the wider public who interact with the planning process. It further involves the taking into account of the significant changes in planning legislation and other updates to the planning system over recent years and is consequently taking longer than expected due to other work commitments and competing priorities in the Planning Division of my Department.  My Department plans to complete this task in 2021.