Nora Owen
Ceist:57 Mrs. Owen asked the Minister for the Environment if he will have the town of Balbriggan, County Dublin, designated as an urban area under the Urban Renewal Act, 1986.
Written Answers. - Urban Renewal Designation.
I have had requests from many urban local authorities and interested persons for an extension of urban renewal designation to their areas, and all such requests are carefully considered. Given the special nature of the urban renewal incentives, comment on particular cases has to be at the discretion of the Minister for the Environment and is normally reserved.
I have however stated my proposal, in reply to Question No. 59 of 19 July 1989 and subsequently, to extend designation for urban renewal to a number of new areas in Dublin inner city and to parts of Ballina, Bray, Carlow, Clonmel, Drogheda, Ennis, Longford and Portlaoise.