Written answers
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Departmental Correspondence
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy instructions or policy documents that he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into office [11597/22]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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In August 2021, an application was submitted to An Bord Pleanála for a project involving a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. As Minister, I was listed as a prescribed body considered relevant by An Bord Pleanála to that particular planning application. My input to the planning application was made within this context and my submission set out the Government’s policy position in line with the Policy Statement on the Importation of Fracked Gas, published in May 2021. This statement provides that, pending the outcome of a review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems, it would not be appropriate to permit or proceed with the development of any LNG terminals in Ireland.
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