Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of strategic housing development completions in 2021 and of completed strategic housing development applications dating back to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57366/21]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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My Department does not hold the details requested by the Deputy. The Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical office, compiles and makes available detailed data on a number of housing related issues including housing completions. Data on new dwelling completions can be found on the CSO website at the following link: www.cso.ie/en/statistics/construction/newdwellingcompletions/.

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [57414/21]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Provisions relating to placename changes in Part 18 of the amended Local Government Act 2001 were commenced in early 2019. Previous provisions under local government legislation were repealed. In addition, provisions in the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011, amending Part 18 of the 2001 Act, were commenced.

The newly commenced provisions under the amended Part 18 of the 2001 Act require updated Regulations to be made for the holding of plebiscites to change placenames.

However, in advance of making those Regulations, an issue has been identified concerning the interaction of the amended Part 18 of the Local Government Act 2001 and provisions contained in Official Languages legislation, under the aegis of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

My officials are working with their counterparts in the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media with a view to resolving the issue identified. Once a policy approach and draft legislative amendments have been agreed, it is hoped to include them in an appropriate Bill at the earliest available opportunity.