Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 193: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has been contacted by Dublin City Council, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Fingal County Council, in respect of their joint proposal to construct a walkway known as S2S; his response to this innovative proposal; if all statutory bodies accountable to him directly or indirectly responded favourably; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12414/05]

Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Consultants engaged by the local authorities referred to by the Deputy and a number of other public bodies made contact with the Department last year with regard to an envisaged preliminary design study and environmental report for the proposed development. There have been no further contacts with the Department on the matter in the meantime.

As the proposal could give rise to foreshore consent applications, and as any such applications would fall to me for determination, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on it at this juncture. It would be a matter for any body under the Department's aegis to determine its position with regard to the proposal, if consulted about it.