Billy Timmins
Ceist:268 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if any tax designation has been afforded to Bray, County Wicklow; and if so, the details of the scheme. [15639/01]
Written Answers. - Tax Designation.
Bray was not designated under the cur rent urban renewal scheme. In relation to the 1999 scheme, the expert panel, which assessed all the integrated area plans submitted, decided that the designation of three towns in County Wicklow, as proposed by Wicklow County Council, was disproportionate in terms of the county's population. Of the three IAPs proposed, the expert panel considered that Arklow and Wicklow warranted designation more than Bray.
However, areas within Bray received tax designations on two previous occasions. On the first occasion, the 1986 urban renewal scheme was extended to Bray on the 1 May 1990. The qualifying period for that scheme in Bray was from 1 May 1990 to 31 May 1993. The end date for the scheme was subsequently extended on three occasions to 31 May 1994, 31 July 1994 and 31 December 1994. Bray was designated again under the 1994 urban renewal scheme. The initial qualifying period for that scheme was from 1 August 1994 to 31 July 1997 and this was extended on three occasions from 1 August 1997 to 31 July 1998, from the 1 August 1998 to 31 December 1998 and from 1 January 1999 to 30 April 1999, residential only. Certain conditions had to be met in order the avail of the time extensions.