Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 335: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of all the planning applications to which his Department objected or appealed against within the red zones at the State airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22645/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Red zones were established over 40 years ago. Some of the relevant functions have since been passed to the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) or the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), formerly Aer Rianta. Accordingly, the scope of the Deputy's request is too wide to enable me to give a definitive response as some of the necessary records are no longer in the custody of this Department. Given the wide scope of the request, I am not in a position to definitively state how many planning applications within the red zones were objected to or appealed against by my Department.