Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress which has been made by local authorities in updating regional strategies under the revised national planning framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54817/25]

John Cummins (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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The Revised National Planning Framework (NPF) was finalised and approved by Government and the Oireachtas in April 2025.

The Revised NPF provides the basis for the review and updating of Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies (RSESs) and local authority development plans to reflect such critical matters such as updated housing figures or projected jobs growth, including through the zoning of land for residential, employment and a range of other purposes.

New legislation underpinning the National Planning Framework, Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies and National Planning Statements was commenced on 2 October 2025. This includes section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2024, which provides that each regional assembly shall commence a formal review of their regional spatial and economic strategy within 6 months of the commencement of this part of the Act. The three regional assemblies represent the Eastern and Midland, Northern and Western, and Southern Regions respectively.

Under the Act of 2024, which is being commenced on a phased basis, the making and review of a RSES is linked to the NPF so as to help ensure that each RSES is based on up-to-date policies and data, and as such, a review of a RSES will be undertaken following the making of a revised or new NPF.