Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed)

Ms Maria Graham:

I understand that in some jurisdictions, the assessment process is centralised and works in a different way. All of our consent regimes have their own EIA process. In the case of aquaculture or forestry, for example, it is incorporated there. That is the choice we have made.