Cónal Thomas
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418 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 15 Sep
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Or if you're running a local business, the rural house you're building will have to be the principal dwelling for a period of at least 10 years.
And under the new rules in certain high amenity areas, a person must have lived within five kilometres of the site for up to 10 years.
That's to prevent too many holiday homes being built.
And as you mentioned before, the Gaeltacht's a really interesting one.
The rules that we're going to see or the planning statement guidelines that we'll see coming out later today.
A person must live within three kilometres of the site and must have lived there for 10 years.
However, this can be relaxed to five years for people who speak Irish and can show a local need.
And the aim of that is to protect the Irish language in those areas.
So, look, there's a lot in this.
How it plays out is a different story because, as we know,
The government has criticised local authorities throughout this process of taking kind of too niche an approach.
And what they're trying to say is, you know, assess every planning application based on its merits.
If someone can show a local need, they should be able to build a home in the rural area.
Now, how many homes are built in rural Ireland?
Between four and five thousand.
A figure has been mooted of doubling that about 50 percent to nine, ten thousand a year.
Probably take time for that to actually happen.
Yeah, and I mean, I did kind of ask the Housing Minister this a week or two ago and it's my understanding that
There's two things.
The Department of Housing will be keeping an eye on this, but what that means in reality is unclear.
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