SEA Statistics
This section provides a summary breakdown of all SEA related notifications received by the EPA. We update this information annually.
| SEA Stage | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|
| Screening |
121 |
76 |
75 |
49 |
51 |
53 |
76 |
38 |
60 |
32 |
29 |
44 |
|---|
| Scoping |
59 |
42 |
50 |
46 |
42 |
56 |
20 |
24 |
23 |
33 |
26 |
51 |
|---|
| Environmental Report/Draft Plan |
27 |
45 |
46 |
34 |
36 |
48 |
26 |
23 |
20 |
29 |
36 |
31 |
|---|
| Proposed Amendments |
19 |
23 |
22 |
20 |
9 |
10 |
17 |
15 |
5 |
3 |
13 |
21 |
|---|
Sectoral Breakdown of SEAs undertaken (updated: 9th Jan 2023)
| Sector | Number of SEA's |
|---|
| Agriculture |
9 |
| Forrestry |
5 |
| Fisheries |
16 |
| Energy |
34 |
| Industry |
4 |
| Transport |
23 |
| Waste Management |
11 |
| Water Management |
72 |
| Telecommunications |
1 |
| Tourism |
30 |
| Planning/Land Use |
487 |
| Other Cases |
26 |
| Total (ongoing and complete) |
718 |
Type/Scale of SEAs Undertaken (updated: 9th Jan 2023)
| Plan Type | Total Number of SEAs |
|---|
| Transboundary* |
47 |
| National |
64 |
| Regional |
95 |
| County |
136 |
| Industry |
4 |
| Local |
372 |
| Total |
718 |
(* = transboundary submissions include invitations from transbounday planning authorities to provide comments on SEAs being prepared, rather than formal consultation notifications.)