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Land Acquisition.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 October 2004

Thursday, 28 October 2004

Questions (266, 267)

Pat Breen

Question:

265 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline in tabular form the name of the landowners with respect to all the plots of land acquired by his Department by means of compulsory purchase orders at each of the State airports from whom such lands were compulsorily acquired; the operative dates of such orders; the areas of land in question; the reason or reasons for such compulsory acquisition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26455/04]

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Pat Breen

Question:

266 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline, in tabular form, the names of the applicants, the address of each of the applicant sites, the stated reason for such objections and appeals, the applicable planning reference numbers and the final outcomes of such objections and appeals with respect to all the planning applications to which his Department lodged objections and-or appeals at each of the State airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26456/04]

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Written answers

I propose to take Question Nos. 265 and 266 together.

Under the Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998, as amended by the State Airports Act 2004, Dublin Airport Authority, formally Aer Rianta, is responsible for any proposals to compulsorily acquire land in accordance with sections 17 and 18 of the 1998 Act. The airport authority also has a statutory mandate to manage and develop the State airports while planning issues relating to proposed developments in the vicinity of the airports are a matter for the relevant planning authorities. Since the coming into force of the 1998 Act, my Department has not compulsorily acquired land at the State airports nor has it lodged objections or appeals in connection with planning applications at the airports.

As regards the period preceding the coming into force of the 1998 Act, I do not believe that I could justify the significant use of resources and expense required to examine relevant records, which date back as far as the 1930s. However, if the Deputy wishes to write to me in relation to any particular compulsory acquisition order at a State airport or in relation to an objection or appeal concerning a particular planning application, my Department will endeavour to assist with his inquiry in a helpful and practical manner.

Question No. 267 answered with QuestionNo. 264.
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