Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party)
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66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the membership of the Planning Advisory Forum. [15490/22]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Housing for All sets out a number of objectives with the aim of improving the functioning of the planning system including the comprehensive review and consolidation of planning legislation. The review forms one of the actions in Housing for All and is set in the context of the broad policy outlined therein. The review is being overseen by the Attorney General and he has appointed a working group of professionals with planning law expertise to assist him in this work. It is intended that the review will be complete and the revised legislation enacted by December 2022.

A Planning Advisory Forum has been established, consisting of a wide stakeholder membership with representatives from a broad range of sectors, including representation from the public sector, business, environmental, social and knowledge based sectors. The first role of this Forum will be to engage on themes to input into the planning legislation review.

The next meeting of the Forum will take place on 24 March and once the the terms of reference for the Forum have been formally agreed I will publish these, along with the membership, on my Department's website along with any other relevant documentation.

Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party)
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67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the membership of the working group to review Irish planning law led by the Attorney General. [15491/22]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Housing for All sets out a number of objectives with the aim of improving the functioning of the planning system including the comprehensive review and consolidation of planning legislation. The review forms one of the actions in Housing for All and is set in the context of the broad policy outlined therein.

The review is being overseen by the Attorney General and he has appointed a working group of professionals with planning law expertise to assist him in this work, funded by his Office. My Department has established a dedicated unit headed at Principal Officer level to liaise with the Attorney General on the review.