Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am happy to assist the Deputy on this issue if I can. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has records of engagement with the EPA, which are being considered as part of a recent FOI request to my Department. In 2017, officials of my Department attended a meeting hosted by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Officials of the Department of Communications, Climate Change and Environment and its agency, the EPA, participated in the noise regulation aspect of the meeting. There was further correspondence and engagement between my Department and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment throughout the development of the Bill in 2018, including further consideration of the EPA as the competent authority.

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