Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 604: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 13 November 2005, the number of landowners in the vicinity of Casement Aerodrome affected by the restrictions associated respectively with the two-dimensional red safety areas, the three-dimensional approach surfaces and the two-dimensional security zones; if each such affected landowner has been provided with adequate information on all such invasive restrictions inclusive of the provision of individual maps to an appropriate scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5389/06]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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Responsibility for planning and development in the vicinity of Casement Aerodrome rests with the planning department of South Dublin County Council and all planning decisions are made by that authority. The practice down the years has been for the local planning authority to consult the Department of Defence in respect of planning applications for proposed developments which may affect Casement Aerodrome. My Department commissioned a review of its air safety policy at Casement Aerodrome in June 1999. The review was carried out by Sir Frederick Snow and Partners Limited. Following extensive consideration of its report, a formal statement of the Department's revised policy was formally notified to South Dublin County Council on 26 June 2000 and is reflected in the council's development plan 2004-10.

My Department does not hold records concerning the ownership or occupancy of lands in the vicinity of Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel. Officials of my Department continue to be available to discuss and clarify the Department's safety policy with individual landowners and occupiers, if required.