Oil refinery applications at Dublin Port
The Minister said earlier applications remain technically alive; the Dublin Port and Docks Board is awaiting formal notice of the refinery planning refusal before deciding whether to reactivate or abandon its application. He said the delay in conveying the decision was not sinister.
What action has the Minister taken on the earlier applications in view of the fact that the Minister for Local Government has refused planning permission for the erection of an oil refinery? Do I take it that earlier applications with the refinery are no longer alive?
Comment on this
They are still technically alive. Only part of one of them relates to the oil refinery and the Dublin Port and Docks Board are awaiting the formal refusal to come from the Department of Local Government before they decide whether they will reactivate it or allow it to lapse.
Comment on this
It is very hard to believe that the port and docks board have not yet been informed because the Minister announced his decision some weeks ago.