Frances Fitzgerald
Ceist:167 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if all the provisions of the Local Government Planning and Development Act, 2000, have been signed into operation. [7184/01]
Written Answers. - Planning and Development.
The Planning and Development Act, 2000, was enacted on 28 August 2000. Because of the scale and complexity of the provisions of the Act, and the need to make regulations to give full effect to its provisions, it is necessary to commence the Act in stages. To date, I have made two commencement orders bringing a number of parts of the Act into force on 1 November 2000 and 1 January 2001. These include Part II on development plans, Part V on the supply of housing, Part IX on strategic development zones, Part XIV on the acquisition of land and Part XX, which amends the Roads Act, 1993. Regulations are currently being prepared by my Department which will enable me to bring the development control provisions of the Act into force. Some of these regulations require the prior approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas and I propose to submit draft regulations for approval within the next month.