Vol. 541 No. 5
231 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the reason for the delay in bringing into force the provisions of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, under which infill of off-shore land will require planning permission; and when these provisions will come into force. [23370/01]
I intend shortly to commence the general development control provisions of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, including the requirement to obtain planning permission in respect of development on the foreshore. Draft regulations, which will enable the development control provisions of the Act to be brought into force, have been prepared by my Department and sent on an informal basis to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment and Local Government. Oireachtas approval of the regulations is required and I hope to be in a position to make the regulations shortly.
