285. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for planning permission for one-off rural dwellings received by Roscommon County Council and Galway County Council between 1 January and 1 July 2026; and the number granted and refused, in tabular form. [52445/26]

The information sought is not hold by my Department. Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, as Minister I may not exercise any power or control in relation to any particular case with which a planning authority or the Commission is or may be concerned. Consideration of individual planning cases is a matter for the relevant planning authority and is a matter in which I as Minister have no statutory function.

Roscommon and Galway County Councils may be in a position to provide the information sought.[]