Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines that are issued to planning authorities under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as it applies to quarries. [33390/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department issued guidelines to planning authorities on quarries and ancillary activities in April 2004 to coincide with the commencement of section 261 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 which was commenced from with effect from 28 April 2004. Section 261 introduced a once-off system of registration for all quarries except quarries which received planning permission in the five years preceding 28 April 2004. The guidelines, which were issued under section 28 of the 2000 Planning Act, offer guidance to planning authorities on planning for the quarrying industry through the development plan and determining applications for planning permission for quarrying and ancillary activities. They are also a practical guide to the implementation of section 261.