Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 December 2015
545. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the consultation his Department has undertaken with Fingleton White, with Dublin City Council and with Fingal County Council with regard to the necessity of building a 16 km aviation pipeline from Dublin Port to Dublin Airport. [42345/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraNeither I nor my Department have been consulted by Fingleton White, Fingal County Council or Dublin City Council regarding the construction of a 16 km aviation fuel pipeline from Dublin Port to Dublin Airport. I understand that Fingal County Council and Dublin City Council decided to grant planning permission for this development within their own administrative areas (on 7 July and 15 October 2015, respectively). The decision of Dublin City Council has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála, which will determine the planning application as if it had been made to the Board in the first instance.
Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, I am specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular planning case with which a planning authority, or An Bord Pleanála, is or may be concerned. Accordingly I have no function in relation to this matter.
