John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action to be taken in the immediate future on foot of the publication of the South East Agenda 2020 report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22276/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The South East Agenda 2020 report was prepared by a south east agenda task force on behalf of the south east chambers of commerce. At the invitation of the sponsors I was pleased to launch the report last week.

South East Agenda 2020 takes account of the Government's national spatial strategy, which sets out a 20 year planning framework designed to enable every part of the country to achieve its potential. A significant milestone in the implementation of the national spatial strategy was reached with the adoption by all regional authorities of regional planning guidelines to create a strategic context for local planning. I look forward to the South East Agenda 2020 report feeding into the implementation arrangements for the regional planning guidelines in the south east region and I have asked the implementation group which has been put in place for the regional planning guidelines to take account of the report as it takes its work forward. I have also urged the south east chambers of commerce and regional and local authorities to work closely together in achieving the many common and complementary aims set out in this report and in the regional planning guidelines.