Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 225: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the sections of the Gas Act that allows a company (details supplied) to construct compounds on the upstream pipeline route without having to apply for planning permission; and if a derelict house in Rossport, approximately 10 m from the proposed pipeline route, is exempt from planning permission under the Gas Act. [23193/05]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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Consent to construct and commission a pipeline was given on 15 April 2002 by my predecessor under section 40 of the Gas Act 1976, as amended, to Enterprise Energy Ireland Limited, EEIL, subject to a number of conditions, including the condition to obtain consent to install and commission the pipeline in accordance with the requirements of the Department's rules and procedures manual for offshore petroleum production operations.

The works to be carried out to install and commission the Corrib gas field pipeline system comprise seven phases. As part of the developer's application for consent for phase 3 onshore pipeline works, which involved both preparatory works and the actual pipeline installation, the approval process for this phase has not yet concluded. While the developers were given consent for preparatory works, which allows for the construction of temporary compounds along the proposed pipeline route on 9 July 2002, the application by the developers for the installation of the pipeline is still under consideration.