Pádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Question 586: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, when an undertaken is given in writing by a director of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (details supplied), in relation to activities on land designated special areas of conservation, it is binding on the organisation and its successors. [32211/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I understand that the question refers to a statement, in a letter of October 1997 from the Heritage Service (now the National Parks and Wildlife Service) of the then Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, to the effect that there was no desire on the part of the Heritage Service to interfere in the workings of a particular quarry. This statement was not an undertaking, but an assertion of good faith at that time.

Quarrying activities in general are regulated under the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2006. It is the responsibility of any person seeking to carry out or continue development on their land to obey such planning and environmental rules as apply when seeking the relevant permission.