I propose to take Questions Nos. 1630 to 1632, inclusive, together.
The granting of planning permission is a matter in the first instance for the planning authorities and I have no role in this regard. Up to 10th April, 2018, 35,016 planning applications were referred to the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department in my role as a prescribed body under the Planning and Development Acts since the introduction of the Development Application Tracking System in 2005. The following table sets out the referrals by county.
Where the NPWS of my Department has no observations to make on a planning application referred to me in my role as a prescribed body under the Planning Acts e.g. where the matter is not relevant to NPWS, no response will issue to the planning authority concerned in that regard. Given the number of referrals since 2005, it is not possible to collate this data set.
Table 1: NPWS figures for referrals 2005-2018
County
|
Total
|
An Bord Pleanála
|
117
|
Carlow
|
391
|
Cavan
|
809
|
Clare
|
1700
|
Cork
|
1582
|
Donegal
|
5388
|
Dublin City
|
574
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
|
339
|
Fingal
|
321
|
South Dublin
|
166
|
Galway
|
3412
|
Kerry
|
1555
|
Kildare
|
779
|
Kilkenny
|
626
|
Laois
|
447
|
Leitrim
|
838
|
Limerick
|
757
|
Longford
|
307
|
Louth
|
488
|
Mayo
|
3785
|
Meath
|
1410
|
Monaghan
|
381
|
Offaly
|
1064
|
Roscommon
|
538
|
Sligo
|
1763
|
Tipperary
|
803
|
Waterford
|
745
|
Westmeath
|
1254
|
Wexford
|
909
|
Wicklow
|
1762
|
OPW
|
6
|
Total
|
35016
|