Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 22 Mar 1994

Vol. 440 No. 4

Written Answers. - Amendment of Planning Acts.

Liz O'Donnell

Question:

73 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has to amend the Planning Acts to deal with the situation in which the local authority is powerless to take action to remove travellers camped on private land at the entrance to Castlebrook, Dundrum, Dublin 14.

Minister for the Environment (Mr. M. Smith)

The Planning Acts provide for enforcement action against breaches of the requirements of that code, including the carrying out of development without planning permission. The issues raised by situations such as that outlined would generally appear to be outside the remit of the planning process.