Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 577: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department's report on the environmental impact statement, submitted by the Dublin Port Company with its 2002 application for reclamation of 52 acres of Dublin Bay under the Foreshore Act 1992, will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40382/05]

Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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As I indicated in my reply to the Deputy's Parliamentary Questions Nos. 560, 561 and 562 of 28 September 2005, the application by Dublin Port Company for approval for the reclamation of an area of some 21 hectares in Dublin Bay was accompanied by an environmental impact statement, EIS. The EIS has undergone an initial examination by consultants engaged by the Department, and will be examined further when legal issues relating to the foreshore in question have been finally resolved.

The consultants' report was commissioned to inform the consideration of the port company's application, and it is not considered appropriate to make it available before a decision is made on that application. Full consideration of the port company's application would involve a process of public consultation in which the EIS and other information concerning the application would be made available for examination. Interested persons or bodies would have an opportunity to make submissions or observations on the proposal, and any such views would be considered carefully in coming to a decision on the matter.