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APPENDIX 12.

DUBLIN AIRPORT: LAND HELD BY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND POWER

An Cléireach,

An Coiste um Chuntais Phoiblí.

During the proceedings of the Committee of Public Accounts on 22nd July, 1971 I undertook to furnish a note on what land is held by my Department at Dublin Airport outside the actual airport area beside the runways, what other land is held, how long it has been held, its use and what rents are obtained.

The total area of land at Dublin Airport is approximately 1,380 acres. Of this area about 865 acres are occupied by runways and associated grass strips, taxiways, aprons, buildings, car parks, roads, spoil dumps, etc. Portion of the airport land was State property before the airport was developed for international air transport. Fairly substantial areas totalling about 560 acres, were acquired under compulsory acquisition orders made by the Minister in 1947 and 1951. Since then about 80 acres have been acquired by agreement.

The enclosed statement gives:—

(a) in schedule 1, a breakdown of the total area of 1,380 acres showing how various acreages are utilised;

(b) in schedule 2, particulars of agricultural lands outside the airfield, including annual revenue derived from them;

(c) in schedule 3, particulars of sites let for buildings and other facilities outside the airfield, including annual revenue derived from them.

The number and frequency of aircraft movements at the airport has now reached the stage where it is no longer practicable or economical to continue the existing arrangement of contracting with local farmers to cut and remove the grass for silage purposes. From next year, therefore, grass cutting will be done by airport management. This is the arrangement adopted at comparable European airports.

Due to the large scale attraction tillage operations have for birds in the vicinity of the airport, it has been decided in the interests of safety and the economics of aircraft operations that cultivation of airport lands should be discontinued and that lands already under tillage should be returned to grass as soon as possible.

D. Ó RIORDÁIN,

Accounting Officer,

Department of Transport and Power.

3 Feabhra, 1972

SCHEDULE 1

LANDS HELD BY THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND POWER AT DUBLIN AIRPORT

							Acres	Roods	Perches
1.	Grasslands inside the airfield—grass cutting for silage.					..	457	—	—
2.	Developed lands inside and outside the airfield (runways, airstrips, aprons, taxiways, buildings owned by
	the Minister, roads, car parks, spoil dumps etc.)					..	408	—	—
3.	Lands outside the airfield (not including outside lands under 2 above):
	(a) agricultural lands—for details see schedule 2						352	—	4
	(b) sites let for buildings and other facilities—for
	details see schedule 3		..	..	..	..	64	2	26
	(c) undeveloped areas viz., access areas for contractors, areas adjoining development work, areas earmarked for early development, and narrow unfenced areas adjoining certain internal
	airport roads	..	..	..	..	..	98	1	10
							1,380	0	0

SCHEDULE 2.

PARTICULARS OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS OUTSIDE THE AIRFIELD

Lessee/Licensee				Area			Usage	Period	Annual Income
				Ac.	Rds.	Pers.			Annual Income
Farm Business Assoc.		..	..	210	0	00	Tillage, limited grazing and	1st January, 1971	£
							return to pasture by the end of the present letting period.	31st December, 1971	2,520
Craigie Bros.	..	..	..	44	2	00	General agricultural purposes and restoration of the lands to grass by the end of the present letting period.	1st January, 1971 31st December, 1971	455
Mrs. Mary O’Toole		..	..	10	3	00	„„„„	1st January, 1971 31st December, 1971	81
Mr. P. J. O’Connor		..	..	1	2	29	„„„„	1st January, 1971 31st December, 1971	8
Mr. P. Madden	..	..	..	35	3	29	„„„„	1st August, 1971 31st December, 1974	700
Mr. B. Boland	..	..	..	32	0	00	Grazing only.	25th March, 1971 24th March, 1972	500
Mr. J. Hanley	..	..	..	5	3	00	Meadowing & Grazing	1st January, 1971 31st December, 1971	43
Mr. P. Hanley	..	..	..	2	0	00	„„	Year to year	12
Mr. J. Monks	..	..	..	2	0	00	Grazing only.	1st January, 1971 31st December, 1971	12
Mr. M. Redmond		..	..	3	1	00	Silage or hay.	1st January, 1971 31st December, 1971	22
Mrs. M. Rogers	..	..	..	1	0	00	Meadowing & Grazing	Year to year.	3
				3	0	26	Leasehold interest acquired from the Monson family on 30th July, 1971, and area being held pending negotiation of letting.	—	—
				352	0	04

SCHEDULE 3.

PARTICULARS OF SITES LET FOR BUILDINGS AND OTHER FACILITIES OUTSIDE THE AIRFIELD

Lessee/Licensee					Area			Usage	Period	Annual Income
					Ac.	Rds.	Pers.
General Aviation Terminal Ltd.					2	2	23	Hangar site and right of way.	1st January, 1971	£
									31st December, 1980	1,322
Iona Garage Engineering
Works	..	..	..	..	2	0	16	Hangar site and right of way.	1st November, 1958	122
									31st October, 1968*
Mrs. J. Kealy		..	..	..	0	3	00	Car Park.	Year to year	15
Mr. F. O’Cinnéide			..	..	0	3	24	Transport depot.	1st May, 1971 30th April, 1972	1,320
Mr. M. Weldon		..	..	..	3	0	19	Car Park.	Year to year	20
Aer Lingus Social & Athletic Association		..	..	..	12	0	00	Sports ground.	8.2 acres for 20 years 3.8 „ „ 5 „ both from 27th February, 1969	220
Irish Shell & BP Ltd.
Esso Teoranta				..	5	0	35	Aircraft Fuel Depot.	1st March, 1970	3,915 1st ten years
Texaco (Irl.) Ltd.									28th February, 1994	5,220 remaining 14 years.
Chevron International Oil Co.								„„„	1 year from 1st October, 1970
Limited		..	..	..	1	2	29		with option to lease for a further 23 years.	1,680
Airport Church		..	..	..	1	1	24	Church site.	Freehold lease.	No charge.
Aer Lingus Welfare Committee					8	0	00	Pitch and Putt course.	Year to year	72
McMullan Bros. Ltd.			..	..	0	2	32	Filling Station/Car Valeting Facility.	20 years from 1st February, 1971	1,000 plus concession fee.
International Airport Hotel Ltd.					4	0	16	Hotel Site.	99 years from 15th February, 1969	3,000 plus concession fee.
Aer Lingus		..	..	..	22	0	08	Building sites.	30—99 years.	60 per acre plus airport service charge at the rate of 7½p per sq. ft. calculated on the floor area of all buildings on the sites.
					64	2	26

* New lease being negotiated at substantially higher rent.