Proinsias De Rossa
Ceist:89 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his views on whether the Planning and Development Bill, 1999, will be in operation by Easter 2000; the likely timescale thereafter for regulations to be made under the Bill; the proposed date when each housing authority will have adopted a housing strategy; when it is expected that each planning authority will have revised its development plan based on the housing strategy; when it is expected that the first planning permission will be issued which will contain a condition that up to 20 per cent of a development will be set aside for social or affordable housing; and the earliest date by which construction will commence on the first house which will come available under this legislation. [18724/99]