Museum Projects

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 May 2022

Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Ceisteanna (193)

Mairéad Farrell

Ceist:

193. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 17 May 2022, the name of the granting authority for the previous permission of the existing light industrial unit to which she referred; the specific reference number of the previous permission of the existing light industrial unit to which she referred; the name of the previous occupant of the light industrial unit to which she referred; if she will clarify if the An Tulaigh Treatment Plant at the site of Údarás na Gaeltachta Eastát Tionscail na Tulaigh, An Tulaigh, Baile na hAbhann, Contae na Gaillimhe which receives the discharge on site from a laboratory (details supplied) is currently dysfunctional or fully functional in accordance with the specific previously permitted permit to which she referred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26516/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Deputy Jack Chambers)

Údarás na Gaeltachta has informed the Department that Galway County Council are the granting authority to which Planning References PL. 05/3142, Pl. 45789 and Pl. 44019 refer. These permissions refer to the development of the Estate and the light industrial unit in question.  HID Global were the previous occupants and vacated the unit in 2015.

Údarás na Gaeltachta has stated that the waste water treatment plant that serves the An Tulach Industrial Estate is currently not in full working order and appropriate arrangements are in place for a number of years to treat the waste off-site in an alternative Údarás na Gaeltachta-owned treatment plant locally.

The upgrade of the An Tulach Industrial Estate Waste Water Treatment plant is a longstanding priority for Údarás na Gaeltachta in respect of which planning permission was granted in 2016.

Following engagement on the part of Údarás with local stakeholders, the Department understands that a number of requests to amend the design of the proposed treatment plant have been received by An tÚdarás and that a new planning application to Galway County Council will be required which takes account of the amendments requested on foot of this engagement.

The Department has been informed that it is An tÚdarás' intention to submit this planning application to Galway County Council in the coming months.