Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 788: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will permit a golf course to be developed at Inch, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27656/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Outline proposals for the development of a golf course at Inch, Co Kerry were presented to my predecessor in 2003, against the background that this development would need ministerial consent under the Habitats Regulations 1997; the area in question forms part of a candidate Special Area of Conservation.

On the basis of the outline proposals then submitted and of a detailed assessment of these by my Department, my predecessor declined to grant consent for the development.

While I understand that the promoters of a golf course development at Inch may be considering the preparation of a revised proposal, no such proposal has been submitted to my Department or to the planning authority concerned.