State Airports

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 May 2010

Tuesday, 11 May 2010

Ceisteanna (258)

Pat Breen

Ceist:

297 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Defence the respective sizes of both the proposed public safety zones and the existing red zones contained in the South County Dublin development plan as well as the ratio of the said public safety zones to the red zones expressed as a percentage in respect of each of runways 05, 11, 23 and 29 at Casement Aerodrome in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19357/10]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Defence (Deputy Tony Killeen)

The area of the Public Safety Zone for Runway 05 is 3.21 hectares, for Runway 23 is 1.6 hectares, for Runway 11 is 3.65 hectares and for Runway 29 is 2.68 hectares. A comparison of these areas with the Red Zones is not practical due to the contours of the land encapsulated by these Zones. I have arranged for the deputy to receive visual representations of the Safety Zones comparing them to the Red Zones.