Public access to licensing files

The EPA has a policy of openness and transparency and in accordance with the Access to Information of the Environmental Regulations and various licensing/Permit Regulations, licensing files are available for public inspection.

Files available on the EPA's Licence and Enforcement Access Portal (LEAP) :

Industrial Emissions (IE) & Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) applications received since December 2004 and all Inspectors' reports and licences issued to-date at Search for an IE/IPC Licence
Waste applications received since December 2004 and all Inspectors' reports and licences issued to-date at Search for a Waste Licence
VOC applications and related documents received since January 2007 at VOC Information
Dumping at Sea (DaS) applications and related documents received since February 2010 at DaS Information
Waste Water Discharge applications (WWD) received since December 2007 at Search for a Waste Water Discharge Authorisation
Historic Landfill applications and related documents received since May 2009 at Historic Landfill Closed Landfill Certificate of Authorisation
Water abstraction licence applications received since March 2025. Search for a water abstraction licence

Access to these applications files is made available as follows:

Application files may be viewed at any time in PDF format through the LEAP Platform
We will provide access to all licence application documentation in PDF format at dedicated public terminals at the following EPA offices:
- Headquarters, Johnstown Castle Estate, Co Wexford, 053-9160600
- Regional Inspectorate, John Moore Road, Castlebar, Co Mayo 094-9021588
- Regional Inspectorate, McCumiskey House, Richview, Clonskeagh Road, Dublin 14 01-2680100
- Regional Inspectorate, Inniscarra, Co Cork, 021-4875540

The below guidance videos can be viewed to assist in accessing application documentation on the LEAP Platform:

Should you have special needs or require assistance in accessing information electronically the Agency’s trained personnel will be available to guide you. The Agency will also consider a request to view files in hardcopy format.

If you wish to view hardcopy files please contact us at the Office of Environmental Sustainability at licensing@epa.ie to arrange a viewing at a suitable time.

Data Protection

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies from 25 May 2018. It has general application to the processing of personal data in the EU, setting out more extensive obligations on data controllers and processors, and providing strengthened protections for data subjects. In Ireland, the national law, which, amongst other things, gives further effect to the GDPR, is the Data Protection Act 2018. The Directive applies where personal data (manual and electronic) is concerned i.e. data relating to a person. The Directive requires that data is accurate and, where necessary, kept up-to-date. Every reasonable step must be taken to ensure that data that is inaccurate or incomplete, having regard to the purposes for which it was collected or for which it is further processed, is erased or rectified.

Applicants for licences and authorisations and those who make submissions and objections are informed of the fact that any information they give to the EPA will be made publicly available, both at the offices of the EPA and on this website. This is notified to applicants by means of a declaration of the licence application form and to the public on the licence search page on this website.

The EPA provides that any data on a licence or authorisation application file relating to an individual may be inspected and the individual concerned may object to the information if it is inaccurate or incomplete, and may request that any such information be erased or rectified.

Our Environmental Licensing Programme is at:

Office of Environmental Sustainability,

PO Box 3000

Johnstown Castle Estate

County Wexford

Telephone Lo-Call: 0818 33 55 99 or 053 91 60600

Email licensing@epa.ie