GOVERNMENT SEEKS EU RULING ON OUTER CITY BYPASS

Date Published: 26-Jan-2010

The Government wants the European Court of Justice to rule on Galway's Outer city bypass. In a letter sent to Galway West Deputy Frank Fahy last Friday, Transport Minister Noel Dempsey said the State supports a referral of one of the legal challenges to the bypass to the European Court of Justice. Minister Dempsey says this is the best way to get legal certainty on the interpretation of the EU Habitats Directive. The Minister also says the European Commission has expressed serious concerns with An Bord Pleanála's interpretation of the Directive.