No call for demolition
The commission has sought changes to the Irish legislation used to give effect to an EU law on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of projects such as quarries and intensive pig farms (Directive 85/337/EEC). In the Commission’s view, this law requires EIAs to be carried out before rather than after developments are started or intensified. This approach allows effects to be examined and the public to be consulted while there is still time to avoid environmental damage or nuisance. The commission’s concerns are that the retention permission provisions in Irish legislation allow EIAs to be carried out when a development is already complete or substantially complete.
In raising these EIA concerns, the commission has at no time sought - or raised the issue of - demolition of individual dwelling-houses or extensions.
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