Joe Higgins
Ceist:351 Mr. Higgins (Dublin West) asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands the reason a report (details supplied) carried out under contract for Dúchas in January 1999 and brought to the attention of the director of Dúchas on 18 February 1999 was not included or referred to in the scientific statement of Dúchas provided to An Bord Pleanála on 24 March 1999 by Shannon Development or made available to the decision maker at the An Bórd Pleanála oral hearing in June of 1999 which representatives of Dúchas and the author of the report attended. [22526/99]