asked the Minister for Local Government whether in his opinion sufficient account was taken of public objections in regard to Dublin Bay before the making of the development plan for the Dublin area.
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I would refer the Deputy to my reply of the 2nd of this month to a similar question from him.
Objections and representations with respect to the Dublin city draft development plan included submissions regarding Dublin Bay. These were individually examined and my information is that they were given due and proper consideration. The importance to be attached to any particular objection or representation was a matter for the corporation as planning authority to determine but I understand that the bulk of those received in regard to Dublin Bay were less concerned with the actual provisions of the draft plan than with certain tentative proposals of the Port and Docks Board published in 1965.
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asked the Minister for Local Government whether consultative procedures were adequately utilised in making the Dublin Plan in the absence of the elected members of the corporation.
The Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963, sets out the consultative procedures which must be followed by a planning authority before making a development plan for its area. These procedures give members of the public, other local authorities, certain prescribed bodies and all other interested parties opportunity for making their views known to the planning authority before the making of a development plan. Planning authorities are not precluded from using, and frequently do use, other informal consultative channels which they may consider appropriate in addition to those provided by law.
The present plan for Dublin city is the outcome of the publication of two successive draft plans and lengthy consideration of numerous objections and representations, and I am satisfied that the procedures were adequate to enable the public to make their views known and were fully used.