Deirdre Clune (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the flood planning guidelines published in November 2009 will apply to a project (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46394/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The finalised Guidelines to Planning Authorities on the Planning System and Flood Risk Management, which I published on 30 November 2009, have been issued under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, which requires planning authorities and An Bord Pleanála to have regard to them in the performance of their functions. This includes taking appropriate account of these guidelines in assessing and deciding on planning applications on or after the date of publication of the statutory guidelines.