Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the storage of planning files dealt with by his Department prior to the establishment of An Bord Pleanála; the locations where such files are currently stored; if access to examine such files is open to members of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20113/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Copies of decisions in relation to all planning appeals received by the Department of the Environment under the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1963 until the establishment of An Bord Pleanála under the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1976, are stored at the Custom House. Copies of the decisions can be made available upon request to Planning Section, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Custom House, Dublin 1. Some of the files relating to these decisions have been moved to the National Archives, while others are stored off-site by my Department pending relocation to the Archives. Access to these files can be made available upon application, in the first instance, to the Corporate Development Section of my Department, Custom House, Dublin 1.