Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 611: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 648 of 14 February 2006, if as part of his review he will consider the need for regulations for the location of adult shops and so on out of residential areas or close to schools and other inappropriate locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35326/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to the reply to Question No. 124 of 4 October 2006.

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 612: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is possible to bring forward legislation to deal with the issue of estate management companies charging a fee for the maintenance of open housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35336/06]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 613: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that Cork County Council is ensuring estate management companies are set-up as originally intended namely dealing with apartment type development; if the local authority can deal with this issue at planning stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35337/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 612 and 613 together.

My Department has already informed planning authorities that they should not attach planning conditions relating to management companies in the case of traditional housing estates, unless in very specific exceptional circumstances, e.g. holiday home developments, or to maintain a specific private shared facility. My Department has set up a Working Group on Management Companies/Taking in Charge of Estates which is considering the question of responsibility for the maintenance of common shared facilities (roads, sewerage, footpaths, public lighting, large open spaces, smaller landscaped open spaces, car-parking, etc) in residential estates, including the newer type of mixed high-density estate. It is intended to issue guidance to planning authorities based on the outcome of the Group's work, by end 2006 or early 2007.

Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 614: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a certificate of qualification under the rural renewal scheme will issue to a company (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35338/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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There is no record of an application, under the reference number quoted, for a certificate under the Rural Renewal scheme. However, there are five such applications with my Department at present relating to a number of other developments by the same company. In the case of one application, notification of completion of outstanding works is awaited. An inspection in relation to the remaining four applications will be carried out shortly.