Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 47: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the development of Bremore Port, County Meath; if he has reviewed the recent viewing arrangements for key planning applications at Bremore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39551/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Drogheda Port Company, together with their partners Castlemarket Holdings, are continuing to progress their plans to develop a deepwater port facility at Bremore.

I understand that pre-planning consultations have taken place with An Bord Pleanála. However, to date no planning application has been lodged in respect of the development.

In July this year, Drogheda Port Company made an application to me for a ministerial order to extend the company's harbour limits to the area around the Bremore site.

A public consultation with respect of such orders is not a statutory requirement. However, public consultation was carried out prior to a previous alteration of the company's harbour limits in 2004 and the company conducted a similar consultation in this instance.

This is not a planning application and any order made has no consequence in terms of planning legislation.

The consultation period concluded on 9 September and the documentation has now been returned to me with a confirmation from the Gardaí that it was on public display from 19 August for a period of 21 days.

I have received a number of submissions in response to the consultation and am in the process of considering these before making my decision regarding the order.