Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the forthcoming legislation arising from the review of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he intends to request pre-legislative scrutiny on any general scheme to ensure adequate public and sectoral scrutiny of proposed legislation. [55702/22]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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The Review and Consolidation of the Planning & Development Act 2000, is progressing in line with timeline set out by the Office of the Attorney General, who is leading on the project and it is expected that the draft Bill will be brought to Government before the end of the year. Intensive engagement between the working group, the Department and other stakeholders with regard to the review is ongoing.

A Planning Advisory Forum was established in 2021; a key commitment in Housing for All and has met on six occasions to date. The Forum plays an important role in contributing to the emerging policy considerations of the Review, as do a number of further stakeholder engagement mechanisms, including an Inter-Departmental Group and a Standing Group consisting of An Bord Pleanála, the Office of the Planning Regulator, the CCMA and the Environmental Protection Agency.

There has also been significant engagement with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, which has considered emerging themes from the Review on three occasions to date. Engagement with the Committee  is a key input to the development of the proposed legislation arising out of the review and I value its input to date. It intended that the Joint Oireachtas Committee will be requested to undertake pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Bill once it has been approved by Government.