Port Development

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 July 2012

Thursday, 19 July 2012

Questions (497)

Finian McGrath

Question:

499 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding sedimentation (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [36361/12]

Written answers

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

My Department is not aware of the matter referred to or of any active plans to infill 52 acres of Dublin Bay but understands from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport that in February 2012 Dublin Port Company published a masterplan outlining its vision for development over the period 2012-2040 which, while it did refer to a potential need for possible reclamation sometime in the future, is not a prescriptive roadmap for development but rather an overarching vision of possible future infrastructure requirements and options for consideration.

Any such infill would require a foreshore licence-lease from me as Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, as part of which process there would be full consultation with the public and relevant statutory bodies.