Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 29 June 2017
293. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to publish the draft NPF; the timeframe for further consultation on the draft plan; and the timeframe for full adoption of same. [30662/17]
View answer294. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of submissions that were made to the NPF; and the number which were duplicate decisions. [30663/17]
View answer295. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding which will be attached to the implementation of the new NPF. [30664/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 293 to 295, inclusive, together.
An initial draft of the National Planning Framework, entitled Ireland 2040: Our Plan, is nearing completion for consideration and approval by Government with a view to publication as a draft for public consultation over the Summer period, running into September. The NPF remains on schedule for completion by the end of this year.
Some 3,300 submissions were received on the NPF Issues and Choices consultation paper published in February within the consultation timeframe to the end of March. Excluding duplicate submissions which related to a single local boundary issue, around 660 of the submissions were specific to the NPF.
The NPF covers a broad range of issues in relation to planning for Ireland’s future over the period to 2040. While public expenditure allocations on the other hand are a matter for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, nevertheless, my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform are working closely together to ensure an effective alignment between the National Planning Framework and the mid-term review of the Capital Plan and longer-term infrastructure planning, with a view to ensuring that long-term planning objectives shape Ireland's investment and infrastructural development approach into the future.
