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Creates a fast-track approval system for a strategic gas reserve at or near Cahiracon, Co. Clare, to help protect Ireland’s energy supply in an emergency. It lets the project bypass normal planning rules but still requires environmental checks, public input, and court challenge rights.
Gives the Transport Minister power to lift or change Dublin Airport’s passenger limit after environmental checks and public consultation, if the cap is harming the economy, connectivity or Ireland’s reputation. It also bars future passenger caps in planning decisions and helps protect Dublin Airport’s growth while keeping environmental safeguards in place.
St. John Bosco junior and senior boys’ schools and Mary, Help of Christians girls’ school’s long-delayed campus redevelopment remains under Department review, with co-education survey results prompting further engagement and the project to be considered in NDP prioritisation.
Updates planning rules to help move to 10-year development plans, speed up court challenges and major infrastructure projects, and allow some apartment permissions to be adjusted more easily. It also raises the Housing Finance Agency’s borrowing limit to €15 billion, helping fund housing delivery and related development.
Limits planning objections to people or bodies with a real stake in the development, while still allowing public authorities to object. It aims to stop distant, unrelated objections from delaying projects that could benefit local communities.
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