Environmental Policy

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 February 2012

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Questions (118)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

118 Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that Wicklow County Council complies with the order made by his predecessor on 21 April 2008 directing the county council to make a special amenity area order for the Great Sugar Loaf and the Little Sugar Loaf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7049/12]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Jan O’Sullivan)

Wicklow County Council has raised certain issues with my Department in regard to the scope of the order, including in regard to the inclusion of private dwellings, working farms and a golf course. These matters are now the subject of consultation with the Council.