Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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614. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of discreet method statements she received for discreet elements of the proposed works on the N59 from Oughterard to Galway in County Galway; the dates she received and approved each statement; the number of statements awaiting approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9414/16]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department has received eight method statements from Galway County Council in relation to the development of the N59. These concern the section of the road from Oughterard to Maam Cross, rather than from Oughterard to Galway. On a number of occasions, the method statements could not be reviewed for various reasons, including that they had not been approved by the Council itself, a requirement of a condition on the planning consent, or as a result of the omission or uncertainty of key information. On such occasions, the Council was required to revise the method statements and resubmit them, in accordance with the planning permission. The statements and dates listed below refer to the revised or final method statements and the dates on which they were received by my Department.

1. Topographic Contract: final statement submitted 5^thNovember 2014, approval issued 12^thNovember 2014.

2. Site Compound Set-Up: final statement submitted 30^thApril 2015, approval issued 15^thMay 2015.

3. Five method statements were submitted 19^thJanuary 2016 for the following works:

- Setting Out

- Vegetation Clearance

- Trial Pits and Slit Trenches

- Rotary & Pavement Coring, Cable Percussive Drilling, Russian Sampling

- Silt fencing.

4. Turbidity meters for installation at Letterfore and Glengowla Bridges: method statement submitted 12^thApril 2016.

At a recent meeting, my Department and Galway County Council agreed that, amongst other things, a review of the turbidity meters statement would be completed prior to a review of the method statements that were submitted on 19^thJanuary. That method statement is under review and I expect a response to issue to Galway County Council in the coming week.