Minister for Housing James Browne is pushing for a second review of the Office of the Planning Regulator. Photograph: CollinsThe State’s planning regulator could be facing an overhaul with plans to review the organisation set to go to Cabinet on Tuesday. The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) was set up in 2019 to undertake planning reviews and examinations as well as evaluate statutory plans – but some in Government fear its decisions are holding back development. Elsewhere, Minister for Culture Patrick O’Donovan will seek approval to appoint GAA executive Peter McKenna as chair of the National Concert Hall. Taoiseach Micheál Martin will deliver an update on the UK-Ireland government summit held in Cork earlier this month.

Source: The Irish Times March 24, 2026 15:03 UTC