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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 November 2004

Tuesday, 9 November 2004

Ceisteanna (202, 203, 204, 205)

Pat Breen

Ceist:

259 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 25 May 2004, if it was his Department or Aer Rianta that was responsible for initially giving the incorrect co-ordinates of the western threshold of proposed runway 10/28 to ERM; if he will confirm both the incorrect and amended co-ordinates as depicted respectively on the draft ERM report of June 2003 and the final version of the said report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28055/04]

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Pat Breen

Ceist:

260 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if SI 92 of 1977 still exists; if such statutory instrument was revoked by him; if so, the date of revocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28056/04]

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Pat Breen

Ceist:

261 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if a green belt for 2.5 miles around the airport was designated by the then Department of Industry and Commerce at Dublin Airport in or around the 1940s; if this green belt still exists; if it has been revoked; if so, the means by which such revocation took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28057/04]

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Pat Breen

Ceist:

262 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 28 October 2004, if the airport development plan prepared by his Department for Dublin Airport on 11 March 1968 indicated that each of the proposed parallel runways would be 11,500 feet in length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28058/04]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 259 to 262, inclusive, together.

I am informed by Dublin Airport Authority that preliminary co-ordinates of the western threshold of proposed runway 10/28 were provided by the former Aer Rianta to ERM at the commencement of its study and the latter's draft report of June 2003 depicted, for illustrative purposes, the proposed runway 10/28. A minor amendment to the co-ordinates of the western threshold of the runway, in the order of approximately 100 m, was notified by the airport authority to ERM during the consultation phase of the draft report and this correction was incorporated in the final version of the ERM report.

The Dublin Airport (Parking Fees) By-Laws, 1977, SI 92 of 1977, set the parking fees for vehicles in Dublin Airport from 1 April 1977. However, the airport by-laws of 1978, SI 225 of 1978, provided at Regulation 6(7) that parking fees at the airport may be prescribed from time to time by the Minister. The 1978 by-laws were revoked by the airport by-laws of 1994, SI 425 of 1994, which provided at Regulation 8(9) for the former Aer Rianta to set parking charges at the State airports.

Planning and development issues, including the designation of areas where development is restricted, such as green belts, are a matter for the local planning authorities who take account of the views and requirements of third parties and the facilitation of sustainable economic growth and development. In the case of lands in the vicinity of Dublin Airport, Fingal County Council and its predecessors are responsible for land use planning and the Deputy might consult the local authority on the status of its designations around Dublin Airport in the 1940s.

With regard to the documents of March 1968 referred to by the Deputy, I am informed by the Dublin Airport Authority that they indicated two parallel east-west runways of potentially 11,500 ft in length.

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