Edward Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct the county councils to have a pre-planning meeting with applicants that are applying for planning permission that will create employment. [33055/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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There are already existing obligations for pre-planning meetings set out in planning legislation.

Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (Act of 2000), Section 247 provides that a person who has an interest in land and who intends to make a planning application may, with the agreement of the planning authority concerned (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), enter into consultations with the planning authority in order to discuss any proposed development in relation to the land and the planning authority may give advice to that person regarding the proposed application.

The Planning and Development Act 2024 (Act of 2024) was enacted in October 2024 and is in the process of being commenced. When commenced, under Section 90 of the Act of 2024 where a person who is eligible to apply for permission and intends to apply for permission requests a pre-application consultation meeting and provides the required documentation, the planning authority shall hold a consultation meeting with them.