National housing policy and the planning system

What this means

• The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage sets national housing policy and oversees the planning system in Ireland.[source]
• Its work covers housing, planning and development rules, local government, water services policy, and heritage protection.[source]
• The department operates under key laws including the Housing Act 1966 and the Planning and Development Acts of 2000 and 2024.[source]
• There are 5 active implementing commitments linked to this mandate, meaning specific actions are being tracked for delivery.[source]
• Because housing and planning affect where people live and how communities grow, this department's decisions have wide public impact and warrant close scrutiny.[source]

Direct impact (6)

• duty held by body
  Department of Housing, Local Government and HeritageBody
• implements mandate via commitment
  Deliver 300,000 new homes by the end of 2030Commitment
• implements mandate via commitment
  Support an average of 15,000 starter homes per yearCommitment
• implements mandate via commitment
  Strengthen compulsory purchase powers for under-utilised landCommitment
• implements mandate via commitment
  Extend vacant and derelict property grants to 2030Commitment
• implements mandate via commitment
  Implement the Planning and Development Act 2024Commitment

Indirect impact (10)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• duty held by body → regulates2-hop via dept-housing
  Local Government Management AgencyBody
• duty held by body → regulates2-hop via dept-housing
  The Housing AgencyBody
• duty held by body → regulates2-hop via dept-housing
  An Bord PleanálaBody
• duty held by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-housing
  Provision of social housing supportsMandate
• duty held by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-housing
  Oversight of the local government systemMandate
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-housing
  Deliver 12,000 new social homes per yearCommitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-housing
  Create 2,000 Housing First tenanciesCommitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-housing
  Invest in Uisce Éireann to unlock housing supplyCommitment
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage2-hop via dept-housing
  Christopher O'SullivanOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage2-hop via dept-housing
  James BrowneOfficeholder