Written answers
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Departmental Inquiries
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish and publish an annual national Planning Performance Report, setting out average and median timelines for SHD and LRD applications, average and median timelines for planning appeals, and annual volumes and outcomes of judicial reviews of planning decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66199/25]
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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An Coimisiún Pleanála is the national independent statutory body with responsibility for the determination of planning appeals and direct applications for strategic infrastructure and other developments under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and certain other Acts.
Annual statistics can be found on the Commission’s website here
www.pleanala.ie/en-ie/statistics/annual-statistics
Arrangements have been put in place by all bodies under the aegis of my Department to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oíreachtas. This provides a speedy, efficient and cost effective system to address queries directly to the relevant bodies. The contact email address for An Bord Pleanála in this regard is Oireachtasqueries@pleanala.ie.
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