Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 1904: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has implemented in full Planning and Development Regulations 2005 S.I. No. 364 of 2005; the conditions under which persons will be required to seek planning permission to facilitate turf cutting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2962/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Planning and Development Regulations 2005 were commenced in full on 14 July 2005.

The Planning and Development Regulations 2001 provided an exemption for peat extraction from the requirement to obtain planning permission or to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) where the extraction occurred in a new or extended area of less than 10 hectares, or in a new or extended area of 10 hectares or more, where the drainage of the bogland commenced prior to the coming into force of these Regulations.

These provisions were amended by the Planning and Development Regulations 2005 to provide that where an exempted development was likely to have significant effects on the environment by reference to criteria set out in the EIA Directive, an Environmental Impact Assessment must be carried out.