Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if quarries that commenced activities before the 1 October 1964 and were subsequently deemed by the appropriate local authority under section 261A of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended by the insertion of section 75 of the Planning Development (Amendment) Act 2010 as not requiring an appropriate assessment or environmental impact statement, now require a planning permission; if they do, under what section of what Act is this required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19666/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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A quarry which commenced operation prior to 1 October 1964 and which was deemed by the planning authority under section 261A of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as not requiring an Appropriate Assessment and/or an Environmental Impact Assessment may still require planning permission in circumstances where it had extend ed beyond the area that might reasonably ha ve been anticipated at that time, or if it had subsequently intensified operations such that a change of use was deemed to have taken place.

There are a number of relevant provisions in planning legislation, particularly section 32 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, which set out the requirements in relation to the obtaining of planning permission.