Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 November 2016
259. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide the safety certificates that he or his Department has received in respect of funfairs in County Meath in each of the years 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [36887/16]
View answerSection 239(4) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 requires that the owner of fairground equipment shall not make it available to the public unless such equipment has a valid certificate of safety.
Section 239 (7) states that a person who intends to hold or organise a funfair, other than at a place where the operation of funfair equipment has been authorised by a permission under Part III of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 or Part IV of the Act of 1963 or is not otherwise an unauthorised use, shall give 2 weeks' notice (or such other period of notice as may be prescribed) in writing to the local authority in whose functional area the funfair is to be held. The notice referred to shall be accompanied by a valid certificate of safety for the fairground equipment to be used at the funfair and shall give details of the names of the organiser of the funfair, the owner or owners of the fairground equipment to be used at the funfair and the location and dates on which the funfair is to be held.
Certificates of Safety are returned annually to my Department in accordance with Section 8 (3)(b) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Certification of Fairground Equipment) Regulations 2003. The 2015 and 2016 Certificates received by my Department for funfairs in County Meath are listed in the table:
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Year |
Location |
Equipment |
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2015 |
Mount Hanover, Duleek, Co. Meath |
Activity Stall x 2 |
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Bee Jets |
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Bungee Tramps |
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Candy Floss |
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Cassely Big Wheel |
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Cassely Pirate Ship |
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Convoy Device |
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Cork Shoot |
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Cup & Saucer |
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Dodgems x 2 |
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Extreme |
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Inflatable Slide |
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Inflatable Stall |
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Juvenile Galloper |
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Miami |
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Punch Ball |
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Round Stall |
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Stall Churns |
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Street Fighter |
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Toy Ride |
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Twist |
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Waltzer |
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Water Balls |
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2015 |
Tayto Park, Ashbourne, Co. Meath |
Air Racer |
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Coaster |
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Honey Pot |
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Jump Around Frog |
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Maxi Dance |
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Pony Express |
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Sky Tower |
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2016 |
Tayto Park, Ashbourne, Co. Meath |
Air Racer |
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Coaster |
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Endeavour |
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Gallopers |
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Honey Pot |
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Jump Around Frog |
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Maxi Dance |
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Mini Ferris Wheel |
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Pony Express |
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Power Fans |
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Power Surge |
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Rocking Tug |
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Sky Tower |
