Housing Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 January 2015

Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Questions (27)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

27. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to the annual planning statistics produced by his Department, the reason the number of planning decisions taken nationally where the decision differs from the recommendation of the planner officer jumped from an average of just 400 per year between 2003 and 2007 to an average of 5,600 per year between 2010 and 2012 with particularly high differences recorded in counties Cork, Donegal, Kildare, Meath and Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3609/15]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government

The figures presented in the Annual Planning Statistics document are based on information submitted by all planning authorities to my Department. While my Department strives to ensure that the statistics presented are correct, the accuracy of the figures is dependent on the accuracy of the data submitted by each planning authority. Investigation of the situation regarding the data in respect of the counties concerned has revealed that there was a data entry error. The erroneous dataset will be removed from the web site and the amended data will be uploaded online as soon as possible.