Shed laws: New planning rules will cut red tape for homeowners

Exemptions 'will empower people to make minor changes to their homes without planning permission, while creating housing options' 

Homeowners have found themselves tied up in bureaucracy when trying to make practical changes.

Ireland's planning system exists to serve the public, not to stand in its way.

That is why, as minister for planning, I am removing items from the planning system that should never have featured.