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Planning and Development Act 2000
F720[EIA portal
172A.—The Minister shall provide, operate and maintain a website—
(a) to which the public has access,
(b) which contains summary information on applications and notifications of the intention to lodge applications for development consent subject to assessment under the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive or this Act, or both that Directive and this Act, as appropriate, and
(c) for the purpose of providing a point of access to the applications referred to in paragraph (b) and associated information, assessments and decisions held by the authorities to which the applications have been or are to be made.]
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F720
Inserted (1.09.2018) by European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Assessment Impact) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 296 of 2018), reg. 18, in effect as per reg. 2(1).
Modifications (not altering text):
C250
Prospective affecting provision: transitional arrangements on repeal made by Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), s. 241, not commenced as of date of revision.
Environmental impact assessment portal
2. 241.—(1) Notwithstanding the repeal of section 172A of the Act of 2000, the Minister shall continue to operate and maintain the internet website (which shall be known as the “environmental impact assessment portal”) provided for by that section—
(a) for the purposes of this Chapter, and
(b) for the same purposes as he or she operated and maintained it immediately before such repeal.
(2) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this section.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), regulations under that subsection may include provisions requiring such persons, or persons of such class or classes, as are specified in the regulations to give to the Minister within such period or periods, as may be so specified, such information, or information of such class or classes, as may be so specified, for the purpose of enabling him or her to—
(a) comply with subsection (1), and
(b) ensure compliance by the State with its obligations in relation to the environmental impact assessment portal under the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive.
C251
Arrangements for data on repeal of section provided (27.07.2026) by Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Act 2026 (25/2026), s. 13(5), S.I. No. 366 of 2026.
Application for environmental impact assessment and submission of environmental impact assessment report
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(4) Subject to subsection (5), daa shall, within the period of 2 weeks before the submission of an environmental impact assessment report to the Commission, provide information relating to the proposal to the EIA portal (within the meaning of the Act of 2000) in accordance with section 172B(2) of the Act of 2000, subject to the following modifications—
(a) a reference in that section to proposed development shall be read as a reference to a proposal,
(b) the reference in that section to prescribed information shall be read as a reference to the following information:
(i) the name of the applicant;
(ii) a contact name, email address and phone number for correspondence with the applicant or his or her agent;
(iii) the location of the proposal;
(iv) a location map of sufficient size and containing details of features in the vicinity such as to permit the identification of the site to which the application relates, to a scale (which shall be identified thereon) of not less than 1:1000 in built up areas and 1:2500 in all other areas, and marked so as to identify clearly the boundaries of the location in red;
(v) a description of the proposal,
and
(c) any other necessary modifications.
(5) Following the repeal of section 172A of the Act of 2000, the information referred to in subsection (4) shall be provided by daa to the environmental impact assessment portal operated and maintained in accordance with section 241 of the Act of 2024.