Jack Wall
Question:556 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government when the guidelines under the Planning and Development Act, 2000 will be fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26954/01]
Written Answers. - Planning Regulations.
The scale and complexity of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, and the need to make regulations to give full effect to its provisions mean that it is necessary to commence the Act in stages. To date, I have made four commencement orders bringing a number of parts of the Act into force. 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.