Planning and Development Act 2000
F742[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.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F742
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):
C212
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
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.