Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act, 1997

Environmental impact assessment of certain development.

26.—(1) (a) Subject to section 25 (1)(c), where development proposed in a planning scheme being prepared pursuant to section 25 is of a class for the time being specified under Article 24 of the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989, or under any provision amending or replacing the said Article 24, or where such a development would be of such a class but for not exceeding a quantity, area or other limit for the time being specified in relation to that class and the Authority consider it likely to have significant effects on the environment, the Authority shall prepare a statement of the likely effects on the environment (hereinafter referred to as an “environmental impact statement”) of that development.

(b) An environmental impact statement prepared pursuant to paragraph (a) shall contain the information for the time being specified under Article 25 of the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989, or under any provision amending or replacing the said Article 25.

(2) The Authority shall, when consulting with Dublin Corporation pursuant to section 25 (3)(c), furnish to the Corporation a copy of any environmental impact statement prepared pursuant to subsection (1)(a).

(3) The Authority shall, in arranging for making of submissions by interested persons pursuant to section 25 (3)(e), make available to such persons, for inspection or for purchase on payment of such fee as may be fixed by the Authority not exceeding the reasonable cost of making the copy, any environmental impact statement, or extracts therefrom, prepared pursuant to subsection (1)(a).

(4) The Authority before submitting a planning scheme to the Minister pursuant to section 25 (4) shall have regard to any environmental impact statement prepared pursuant to subsection (1)(a) and to the views of Dublin Corporation and interested persons in relation to the effects on the environment of the proposed development in respect of which the environmental impact statement was prepared.

(5) The Authority shall, when submitting a planning scheme for approval of the Minister pursuant to section 25 (4), furnish to the Minister a copy of any environmental impact statement prepared pursuant to subsection (1)(a) in respect of development proposed in the scheme and the views, if any, of Dublin Corporation and interested persons in relation to the effects on the environment of the development concerned.

(6) Before modifying or approving a planning scheme under section 25 (5) the Minister shall have regard to any environmental impact statement prepared by the Authority pursuant to subsection 1(a) and to the views, if any, of Dublin Corporation and interested persons in relation to the effects on the environment of the development concerned.