No such applications for funding have been received by my Department. Major Emergency Plans for the Dublin local authorities have been notified to my Department as follows:
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Dublin City Council
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March, 2004
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Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council
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February, 2004
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Fingal County Council
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June, 2003
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South Dublin County Council
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July, 2003
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There are also major emergency procedures involving all of the other relevant response agencies in the Dublin and adjacent local authority areas.
As part of an ongoing focus on major emergency preparedness and response, the recently published new Framework for Major Emergency Management by An Garda Síochána, the Health Services Executive and Local Authorities is designed to reinforce emergency regional capacity locally, regionally and nationally. Copies of this publication are available in the Oireachtas Library.