Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for Transport further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 28 February 2007, the way the proposed public safety zones contained in the Draft Planning Guidelines differ from the previous public safety zones that were designated by the Irish Aviation Authority in its Interim Policy Document of 26 July 1995 and on which date the IAA indicated to Clare, Cork and Fingal County Councils its intention to adopt the measures set out in an attached guidance paper and also confirmed that PSZs existed as of that date at ground level under the approaches to each runway, planned runway or planned extension and that such safety zones would resemble the shape of the ICAO Annex 14, Approach Surface and extend 1,560 metres from the ends of the main runways and 1,260 metres from the ends of secondary or cross-wind runways at the three State airports; if it is now proposed to revoke the IAA Interim Policy prior to adopting the different PSZs contained in the ERM recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12154/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has informed me that its 1995 interim policy was replaced by a Policy on Advising on Planning Applications and Appeals' issued in November 1997. This dealt with the IAA's policy for commenting on applications and appeals at that time. Future policy with regard to public safety zones will be based on Guidelines to be issued to local authorities by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government based on the ERM Report.