Written answers
Thursday, 28 September 2023
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Natural Gas Imports
Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for his intervention in the Shannon LNG planning application; how many other planning applications has he intervened in since his appointment in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41872/23]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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In accordance with the provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) and the associated regulations, I am a prescribed body for the purposes of the planning application process for particular types of development.
In this regard, I receive a significant volume of notifications on a yearly basis relating to a wide variety of applications and the various stages of those application processes, and in excess of 280 number submissions have been made by my Department pursuant to such requests since 2020.
Given the volume of notifications received and the variety and nature of the submissions made, it has not been possible to provide an exact breakdown of the submissions in the time provided for the response. I would note, however, that it is standard practice for prescribed bodies to make submissions on applications as provided for in the relevant legislation.
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