Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 334: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of plans to extend a special amenity area order (details supplied) in County Dublin; and the timeframe for a decision on this proposal. [9004/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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On 10 September 2008 I wrote to the County Manager of South Dublin County Council asking him to arrange for an evaluation to be carried out of the lands between Palmerstown and Lucan Bridge, between the existing area of Special Amenity and the N4/Old Lucan Road/Old Hill Road, in order to assess the suitability of some or all of these lands being designated a new area of special amenity, having regard to the provisions of section 202 of the Planning and Development Act 2000. The Council has recently responded to me on this matter and I am considering that response.

I also wrote to the Managers of Fingal, Dublin City and Kildare County Councils on 27 February 2009 to ask them to carry out a similar evaluation of lands in the Liffey Valley area in their functional areas in order to assess the suitability of some or all of these lands being designated as part of an extended Area of Special Amenity.