Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 655: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will supply copies of all permissions issued to Galway County Council to carry out investigations on lands designated special area of conservation which are relevant to the Galway outer city bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31002/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I understand that, due to an error in my Department, contractors working on behalf of Galway County Council on site investigation works related to the Galway City Outer By – Pass who enquired in 2003 whether Ministerial consent was required for works were advised that consent was not required. However, my Department, as a statutory referral authority, has been consulted, and has given observations, on the road proposal on which An Bord Pleanála is at present holding oral hearings.