asked the Minister for Local Government whether in view of the permission given for the building of a large-scale hotel at Santry Court. Dublin it may now be taken that the long-standing ban on council cottage and SDA building in this area has been lifted.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Housebuilding in Santry (Dublin).
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General permission for certain low density development of the lands comprising Santry Court was granted by Dublin County Council two years ago and I understand that detailed plans have not yet been submitted to them for approval as required by the terms of that permission. There is no ban on the erection of council cottages as such. The county council have recently built four cottages at Coultry, Cloghran, and now propose to provide two more. So far as private housing is concerned, the area which can be developed at any considerable density is restricted because it is the policy of the county council to preserve the open nature of the adjoining countryside. There is, however, no ban on SDA building as such.
Is there any ban by the Department of Transport and Power, or whatever Department is responsible for Aer Lingus, on building houses in the vicinity of the airport?
Whatever was there is still there but my information on the matter, and I think it is the correct interpretation, is that so far as the Department of Transport and Power are concerned there is a stipulation or agreement whereby they are consulted when proposals or applications for permission to build any structure within two or two and a half miles of the airport are made to the local county council. They are consulted, and I think rightly so, to ascertain what the position is and whether there will be any dangerous effects if the structure is erected, but there is no ban as such.