Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all sections of the Planning and Development Act 2024 that have been formally enacted; and the date upon which the enactment took place. [30842/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Planning and Development Act 2024 (Act of 2024) was enacted on 17 October 2024. A detailed Implementation Plan has been published that includes a commencement schedule for the Act and a range of initiatives to support training and engagement for the planning sector in preparation of the phased transition to the new legislative framework. The Implementation Plan is a ‘living document’ that informs and guides the commencement and rollout of the Act of 2024 and it will be updated as required to remain relevant throughout the period of its implementation. It is available to view at: www.gov.ie/planning

The below table sets out the provisions of the Act of 2024 that have been, or are about to be, brought into operation and the date on which they came into force.

Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is intended to commence the relevant sections of the Planning and Development Act 2024 relating to designation of urban development zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30871/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The overall aim of the Urban Development Zone process under Part 22 of the Planning and Development Act 2024 is to provide for an updated and more flexible approach to the masterplanning and delivery of areas with significant potential for large scale development and the associated necessary infrastructure, replacing the provisions providing for the Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) process under Part IX of the Planning and Development Act 2000.

Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of Part 22 of the Act of 2024 came into operation on 9 June 2025 by way of the Planning and Development Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 239 of 2025). Chapter 2 of Part 22 provides for the identification by a planning authority of a ‘suitable site’. This is a site in the functional area of the planning authority where development may be of significant economic, social or environmental benefit to the State and be in the common good.

The commencement of Chapters 1 and 2 of the Act of 2024 has no impact on the operation of the Planning and Development Act 2000 or any existing SDZs designated under that Act.

It is anticipated that the remaining Chapters of Part 22 (providing for matters such as candidate UDZs, planning frameworks, development schemes and UDZ designation) will come into effect alongside Part 3 of the Act of 2024. Details of the proposed phased commencement of the Act of 2024 are provided under Chapter 10 of the Implementation Plan available to view at www.gov.ie/planning.