Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 May 2006
502 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans and programmes of her Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental assessments under the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004; and the number of such assessments which have been carried out or are in progress to date. [16369/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraStrategic Environmental Assessment is the formal evaluation of the likely significant environmental effects of implementing a plan or programme before a decision is made to adopt the plan or programme. The European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 set out the plans and programmes that Strategic Environmental Assessment applies to — agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, industry, transport, waste management, water management, telecommunications, tourism — and which set the framework for future development consent of projects listed in Annexes I and II to the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive.
Every effort is made to ensure that Design Team Procedures in use for the delivery of infrastructural projects reflect current legislation and guidelines as appropriate.
