Part 17 of Planning Act enacted which means from today the ‘Board’ is now officially .An Coimisiún Pleanála. Over almost 50 yrs ABP had its controversies but in my view, most staff did their best whilst so under resourced for such an essential service.Godspeed @ancoimisiun !

RT @greenparty_ie: Green Party Leader Roderic O'Gorman calls on Government to increase its climate ambition as Fiscal Council shows the hug….

RT @greenparty_ie: As the COP16 Biodiversity Conference resumes in Rome, we remain at war with nature. We need a meaningful debate in the O….

It feels like years since it's been here

⁦@cooper_m⁩ writing about ⁦@BarryAndrewsMEP⁩ writing about a housing finance idea from ⁦@greenparty_ie⁩. (It didn’t get as much attention as planning exemptions for back garden living) but I note the private investors don’t like it 👀

There’s our L14 local #Bray town bus up and running. I’m getting good feedback from users. It was a challenge but worthwhile objective we achieved to deliver better public transport across our towns & cities. I hope the new Govt will continue the work & investment in bus & rail

Interesting & honest appraisal of housing - the complexities, competing interests, cost v supply, renters v owners, landlords, political soundbites, interest rates, capacity and a little on climate at the end. ‘Is there light at the end of the tunnel? No’

Delighted to attend the launch of ⁦@McHughJoeTD⁩ book last night. One of the most decent and genuine I’ve met in political life. Looking forward to reading his Gaeilge learning journey as a newly appointed Minister.Bhí sé alright! .

RT @rodericogorman: Say hello to your Green Team in the Oireachtas!. Today, Malcolm Noonan has been elected to Seanad Éireann on the Agricu….

RT @noonan_malcolm: My last field trip as Minister. The water was calm at first light as we headed out to the black islands on Lough Ree.….

RT @SupportLivingSt: This much-used cargo bike was stolen yesterday in Dun Laoghaire. There are very few of this model around so should be….

Classifying as ‘strategic’ doesn’t confer advantage, SIDs still have to comply with planning regs, it just goes straight to ABP for similar but longer process. DAA can address invalidation reasons & reapply to FCC. Changing legislation would take longer.

I did quite a bit on public transport improvements for #Wicklow but I didn’t get a railway built from Bray to Glendalough! .This is actually for a new Connecting Ireland bus route incl Roundwood, Laragh, Annamoe - consultation now open .@IrishSunOnline .

RT @Pidge: A little side project, the Irish Election Manifesto Archive, also has every Programme for Government since 1989. I've just uplo….

Hi daa, I hear you’re in the market for a good planner 🧐 .Seriously, questions need to be asked of how they get it so wrong at daa for so long. An inbound micko due shortly with a ‘can the minister please just interfere in the planning process’.

An interesting and significant judgement I think, the concept was debated during committee stage of Planning and Development Act 2024. Judge accuses An Bord Pleanála of being ‘petrified’ of renewable energy projects | Business Post

⁦@BTYSTE⁩ is full of young brilliant minds with #Climate ideas, inventing, researching how things work. Good piece on how short term politics works & often fails the long term stuff.…these are the issues the new government needs to deal with.

Consistent support, increased investment and expansion of our railway for regional, intercity & suburban services must be a transport priority for next government. Safe, reliable, frequent & affordable rail provides societal, economic, environmental & climate emissions benefits.

Take a bow @noonan_malcolm .Incredible amount of progress & work done to protect and restore nature, 2 new national parks, marine protection increased, statutory Biodiversity Action Plan, revived the @NPWSIreland Hopefully a Seanad role now to continue that work. Vote1 for nature.