Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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1567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of zoned land capable of residential development owned by local authorities nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42745/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The zoning of land for particular purposes, including housing, is an exercise undertaken by planning authorities as part of their overall statutory plan function generally as part of a development plan under sections 9 to 13 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (as amended), but can at present also be carried out as part of a local area plan (LAP) process. The making of a development plan or an LAP is a reserved function of the elected members of each authority.

This zoning task is performed in order to meet the identified housing supply needs of the local authority area and is undertaken in accordance with the ‘Housing Supply Target Methodology for Development Planning, Guidelines for Planning Authorities’ issued under Section 28 of the Planning and Development Act (as amended). These guidelines provide a national methodology for each planning authority to estimate an overall housing supply target for their development plan that is consistent with the National Planning Framework (NPF).

It should be noted that the zoning of land within the development plan or a local area plan is not broken down on the basis of individual sites or parcels of land in individual ownerships. Details of the residential zonings within the development plans and local area plans of the 31 local authorities are available on the websites of the local authorities, with zoning data also available to view on the mapping platform www.myplan.ie.