Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 May 2016
245. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the Cabinet will make a decision on the Irish Glass Bottle site in Ringsend in Dublin 2; if the project will proceed under a strategic development zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11658/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraLast week I brought a proposal to Government on this very matter on foot of a request by Dublin City Council for the designation of the western part of the Poolbeg peninsula as a Strategic Development Zone. As a result of my request, the Government made an Order designating the Poolbeg West area as Strategic Development Zone and Dublin City Council as the relevant development agency pursuant to the provisions of Section 166 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (as amended).
The lands designated in the Government’s decision comprise of three major land parcels. One of these parcels relate to the Irish Glass Bottle (IGB) Site and Fabrizia Lands, which have areas of 10.1 and 4.6 hectares respectively and the other two parcels are Dublin Port lands.
It is my view, and indeed that of the Government that this designation will ensure the delivery of residential and commercial economic development with supporting infrastructure and facilities in a sustainable co-ordinated manner on a strategic site which is of national economic and social importance to the state.
A planning scheme must be prepared and adopted by Dublin City Council within the next two years setting out the planned development of the designated lands. A decision by a planning authority approving a planning scheme may be appealed to An Bord Pleanála. The requirements are set out in Sections 168 and 169 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended).
