asked the Minister for Local Government the proposals concerning housing, sanitary services and roads schemes, public libraries and compulsory purchase orders submitted to his Department by Dublin County Council which at present await sanction.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dublin County Council Schemes.
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As the reply to this question is in the form of a tabular statement I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
PROPOSALS submitted by Dublin County Council awaiting sanction at present:
Sanitary Services Schemes:
Design documents for:
Clonburris/Camac River Surface Water Drainage;
Mulhuddart/Clonsilla Foul Sewer;
Ronanstown/Yellow Meadows Foul Sewer (Stage 1);
Baskin Sewerage Scheme;
Neillstown and Cappagh Surface Water Sewer;
Mulhuddart/Blakestown Foul Sewer;
Athgoe/Castlewarden Water/Sewerage Scheme;
Crinken Street improvement scheme;
Balally/Lakelands Foul Sewer;
Blanchardstown Water/Sewerage Network (Stage 2);
Roebuck/Goatstown Intercepter Sewer;
Oldcourt Cottages Foul Sewer Scheme.
Road Schemes:
The construction of dual carriageway from Stillorgan Bye-Pass to Whites Cross on Bray Road;
the improvement of Blanchardstown Canal Bridge;
the provision of public lighting from Santry Bridge to Dublin Airport, and from Newlands Cross to Rathcoole;
proposals for approval in principle of a Bye-pass road at Balbriggan, and New roads from Saggart to Rathcoole and Ballinteer Avenue to Taney Road.
Public Libraries Schemes:
Extension and alteration to Malahide Brand Library.
Compulsory Purchase Orders:
Dublin County Council Santry By-Pass Compulsory Purchase Order, 1963;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Wellington Lane Improvement Scheme) Order, 1971;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Roads and Open Space) No. 1 Order, 1971;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963) No. 2 Order, 1971. (Part);
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Tymon North/Kilnamanagh/Tallaght/ Templeogue/Greenhills) Order, 1973;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Dublin Street, Balbriggan) Order, 1973;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Wellington Lane) Order, 1973;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Windy Arbour) Order, 1973;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase Templeogue Bridge/Firhouse Road Order, 1973;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Balrothery, Balbriggan) Order, 1973;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Ballydowd/Ballyowen) Order, 1974;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Ballyboden Road Improvement Scheme) Order, 1973;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Nangor-Kilmahuddrick) Order, 1973;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Dodder Valley/Knocklyon/Ballyroan) Order, 1973;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Naul Sewerage Scheme) Order, 1974;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Ballyboden East) Order, 1973;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Hands Lane, Lusk) Order, 1973;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Newcastle Burial Ground) Order, 1974;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Balbriggan Road, Skerries) Order, 1973;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Donabate) Order, 1974;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Belgard Road Improvement) Order, 1973;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Fortunestown) Order, 1974;
Dublin County Council (Corduff, Blanchardstown) Order, 1974;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Main Street, Swords) Order, 1974;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Rush) Order, 1974;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Esker North) Order, 1974;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Dublin/Bray Road) Order, 1974;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Lusk, Skerries) Order, 1974;
Dublin County Council Compulsory Purchase (Lucan/Celbridge) Order, 1974.
Notes:
(1)In the case of most of the schemes listed, the submission, or the necessary supporting information, was received in the Department only recently.
(2)As regards the compulsory purchase orders, the first of the Orders listed above is being held in abeyance at the request of the county council, and twenty of the remaining orders are held up because the council has indicated that they are not in a position to proceed with the necessary public local enquiries.
Housing Schemes:
There are no proposals awaiting sanction at present.
Is the Minister seriously suggesting that his Department are holding up so many projects in County Dublin that it is not possible for him to read them out? There are so many of them he has to submit them in the form of a tabular statement. Is there no money available in the Department for the Minister to sanction these items? Surely he could not be delaying that number of items.
I do not think in an area as large as the area of responsibility of Dublin County Council, or as populous, it is at all surprising that at any given moment there should be a substantial number of applications awaiting sanction.
The given moment happens to be April, 1975. There are more items in the Department now awaiting sanction than ever before. This is because there are no items being sanctioned at present.