Written answers
Thursday, 16 November 2023
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Flood Risk Management
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 7 November 2023 if, given the time that had elapsed to date and given the duress being suffered by the community of Crossmolina as a result, he will place a deadline for the return of the information referred to from the OPW. [50420/23]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The request for supplementary information has been made under Section 7B(4) of the European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Arterial Drainage) Regulations 2019. Section 7B(4) does not stipulate the imposition of deadlines for the compliance of such a request. Where a request is made under Section 7B(4), the Commissioners of Public Works are obliged to comply with such a request.
Requests under Section 7B(4) of the Regulations are made where supplementary information is required where it is directly relevant to reaching a reasoned conclusion on the significant effects on the environment of the proposed drainage works. There are instances whereby information sought may necessitate the gathering of environmental information from a particular site, and may require certain environmental conditions to be present at that site when the data is collected, so it is not always possible to set a specific deadline in advance.
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