Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2012
425. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the information that has been gathered by his Department in relation to the use by local authorities of Section 140 of the Local Government Act 2001 motions; the number of such motions that have been moved in each local authority in the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45878/12]
View answerMy Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy, and those data are available on my Department’s website www.environ.ie . Data on the number of motions, concerning planning issues, made under section 140 of the Local Government Act 2001 where notice is given, the number of motions passed by the council and those motions superseded by material contravention procedures are included within that range. My Department does not maintain records in respect of section 140 motions concerning other matters.
