114 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent figures from the Central Statistics Office showing that one-off houses accounted for 25% of planning permissions granted for new homes throughout Ireland in the second quarter of 2004; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that at the same time the number of apartments built fell by over 2%; his views on whether these statistics are in keeping with the Government’s residential density guidelines which call on local authorities to facilitate schemes delivering higher densities than standard suburban norms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27340/04]

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114 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent figures from the Central Statistics Office showing that one-off houses accounted for 25% of planning permissions granted for new homes throughout Ireland in the second quarter of 2004; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that at the same time the number of apartments built fell by over 2%; his views on whether these statistics are in keeping with the Government’s residential density guidelines which call on local authorities to facilitate schemes delivering higher densities than standard suburban norms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27340/04]

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1. 4 November 2004

   Planning Issues.

   114 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent figures from the Central Statistics Office showing that one-off houses accounted for 25% of planning permissions granted for new homes throughout Ireland in the second quarter of 2004; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that at the same time the number of apartments built fell by over 2%; his views on whether these statistics are in keeping with the Government’s residential density guidelines which call on local authorities to facilitate schemes delivering higher densities than standard suburban norms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27340/04]

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