Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

All records​ created or received by the Department during the process of, or for the purpose of, formulating the terms of reference for the external planning reviews of county councils The terms of reference of the above-mentioned reviews All records relating to the decision to conduct external reviews of planning at local authority level All records held by the Minister's or then Minister's office relating to the cancellation of the reviews All records relating to the decision to conduct internal rather than external reviews into planning matter at local government level prior to the review process beginning All records received from Cork City, Cork County, Dublin City, Meath County. Donegal County, Carlow County and/or Galway County Councils relating to planniing matters between 1 March 2010 and 31 March 2011 Any reports/dossiers/submissions or similar documents submitted by any managers (or the managers office) of the above-mentioned councils received between 1 March 2010 and 31 March 2011 All records created for, or provided to, Minister of State Jan O'Sullivan as part of any briefing given to her upon her appointment as minister of state at the Department