asked the Minister for the Environment the number of appeals received by An Bord Pleanála in each local planning authority for the years 1977, 1978 and 1979, the number of oral hearings held by the board during that period, for each category and for each year, and whether the board upheld or reversed the original decision of the planning authority in each case.

Figures giving a breakdown of appeals received by An Bord Pleanála are not maintained by reference to individual planning authority areas. I can, however, give the Deputy a breakdown of appeals received in respect of each county and county borough. The figures for urban districts and boroughs—excluding the four county boroughs and Dún Laoghaire—are aggregated with those for the appropriate counties.

Details of the numbers of oral hearings held by An Bord Pleanála in respect of individual areas are not available but I will supply overall figures for 1977, 1978 and 1979. Similarly information about the effect of appeal decisions is not available on an area basis but overall figures are supplied.

As the information is in the form of a tabular statement I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:

Breakdown of Appeals by area—1977

Breakdown of Appeals by area—1978

Breakdown of Appeals by area—1979

Oral hearings held by An Bord Pleanála

The following table shows the effect of appeal decisions by the board in 1977, 1978 and 1979.

I appreciate that the Minister of State is circulating the tabular statement and I thank him for that but his preliminary answer concerns me. The appeals come from individual planning authorities. Do I understand the Minister to say that in the tabular statement he is circulating there will not be a breakdown by each county area or each local planning authority area?

There will be a breakdown of all the counties where ap-peals have been lodged by the applicant in the county where the appeal is made.

And the length of time?

I will deal with that in replying to another question.

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