Results 281-300 of 1,046,845 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Simon Coveney OR speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh)

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister should answer my questions.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: I want to make it clear that I do not do that. It is important to record the fact.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Eamon Gilmore: If the Minister does not answer, we will draw conclusions.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: As the Deputy is well aware, I sit down with senior management to discuss all of these issues right across the system. Members from all sides of the House constantly come to me about all sorts of heritage issues in their local areas. Some even try to raise planning issues with me in which instances I inform them immediately that I have no function in the planning system. People raise issues...

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Eamon Gilmore: Did anyone raise the issues in question?

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: I do not have any notes in front of me. I will not stand here and say no one did. I will check the files and if someone did, I will confirm for the Deputy what the position was. I have no difficulty with that as I wish it to be clear that I looked at the implications and our vitally important heritage aims in each of the 28 cases, 19 of which were appealed. I considered how best we could...

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Eamon Gilmore: The questions I asked the Minister were very specific. I will repeat the two to which he did not reply. The Minister said he will come back to me on the question of representations, which I appreciate. Did the Minister receive any communication from the developers involved in any of the nine cases?

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: No.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Eamon Gilmore: Was there communication from anyone acting on behalf of developers?

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: Not to my knowledge.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Eamon Gilmore: In the nine cases in question, the Minister decided not to accept the professional advice available to him from his Department's heritage officials. Did the Minister obtain or seek any alternative professional advice on the basis of which he decided not to appeal?

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: The basis of the second part of the Deputy's questioning is inaccurate. I have answered the first part. He suggests I do not take professional advice from my Department.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Eamon Gilmore: In these nine cases.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: There was differing professional advice available.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Eamon Gilmore: I have a copy of the recommendations.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Séamus Pattison: Order, please.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: If the Deputy is asking whether or not I went outside the Department to obtain further advice, the answer is "No".

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister was given specific advice concerning archaeological and architectural matters. If he did not receive alternative professional advice, on what basis did he decide not to appeal or accept the advice and recommendations of his officials?

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: That is very easy to answer — I made this point in my answer to the Deputy. There is a whole range of issues under the National Monuments Acts and the Heritage Act where I can ensure that the same objectives are achieved. I will answer the Deputy directly. I am not absolutely certain as I do not have the files in front of me. However, I recall that one of the objections, which was in north...

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Eamon Gilmore: There were 1,100 houses.