Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding outstanding works in an estate (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30003/10]

Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Under sections 34(4)(g) and 180(2)(b) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, a planning authority may attach conditions to a planning permission requiring the giving of adequate security for the satisfactory completion of a proposed development and, if a development is not subsequently completed satisfactorily, apply such a security for the satisfactory completion of that development.

The drawing down of such bonds in appropriate circumstances is entirely a matter for the relevant planning authorities. I have no role in the matter and have no power to direct the planning authority in this regard.

Furthermore, under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, I am specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case, including an enforcement matter, with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned.