Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

The EPA is mentioned in section 37F(5) which states:

Before making a decision under section 37G in respect of proposed development comprising or for the purposes of an activity for which an integrated pollution control licence or a waste licence is required, the Board may request the Environmental Protection Agency to make observations.

This set of amendments empowers the strategic infrastructure board to make reference to any agency. By definition that must include the EPA.