Latest GMOs Publications
Response from Teagasc 11 April Part 1
Year: 2013
Teagasc's response, dated 11 April 2012, to EPA's request for further information, Part 1
EPA letter to Teagasc issued April 2012
Year: 2013
EPA letter to Teagasc, issued 4 April 2012, requesting further information
How to make a representation
Year: 2013
The following information note sets out how persons may make a representation to the EPA in response to a newspaper notice under Part II of the GMO (Deliberate Release) Regulations, S.I. No. 500 of 2003.
EPA Letter to Teagasc issued March 2012
Letter to Teagasc from EPA requesting further information, January 2013
Year: 2013
Letter to Teagasc in March 2012 re GM Potato Field Trial
Newspaper Notice for field trial GM potatoes
Year: 2013
The following is the text of the newspaper notice published by Teagasc in the Irish Independent newspaper on 29 February 2012 in accordance with the requirements of Article 15 of the GMO (Deliberate Release) Regulations, S.I. No 500 of 2003
Summary notification information format (SNIF) on Teagasc notification for performance of GM potato field study
Year: 2013
This document outlines a summary of the notification (application) received from Teagasc for performance of the field study with GM blight resistant potatoes.
Teagasc Notification for field study on GM potatoes
Year: 2013
The document constitutes the notification (application) received from Teagasc, Oak Park, Carlow on 27 February 2012 seeking a consent and to carry out a field study with GM blight resistant potatoes
Draft Consent Conditions
Year: 2013
Draft Consent for Notification No. B/IE/12/01 Teagasc, Oak Park, Co Carlow - the deliberate release of GM potato line (with improved resistance to late potato blight) into the environment for purposes other than for placing on the market (field trials)
Extract from the minutes of the EPA Board meeting of 10 July 2012
Year: 2013
An extract from the minutes of the EPA Board meeting of 10 July 2012, at which Teagasc's notification seeking consent to carry out a GM potato field trial at Oak Park, Co Carlow, was discussed.
Consent for Notification No. B/IE/12/01 - G0469-01 Decision
Year: 2013
Consent to a deliberate release of GM potato line (with improved resistance to late potato blight) into the environment for purposes other than for placing on the market (field trials)
G0469-01 Inspector's Report and Addenda
Year: 2013
Teagasc GM Field Trial Inspector's Report and Addenda: All documentation submitted in respect of this notification, including valid representations made by members of the public, were taken into consideration by the EPA Inspector in her report and corresponding addenda.
Guidance Note For Users Of GMOs (Contained Use) In Ireland
Year: 2013
This guidance note aims to provide assistance and guidance to users of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) who wish to apply to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for consent for the first time contained use and/or the subsequent contained use of Genetically Modified Micro-organisms (GMMs) and/or GMOs.
Valid Representations Received
Year: 2012
The following valid representations were submitted in response to a newspaper notice detailing the proposed GM potato field trial under Part II of the GMO (Deliberate Release) Regulations, S.I. No. 500 of 2003.
Examples of Risk Assessments For GMMs
Year: 2012
Public Representations
Year: 2012
In accordance with Article 15 of the GMO Regulations S.I. No 500 of 2003, applicants proposing to carry out a Deliberate Release of GMOs for purposes other than placing on the market, are required to place an advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the area. This advertisement invites the public to make representations to the EPA in relation to the proposed deliberate release.
Additional information for the Contained use of a Class 3 GMM
Year: 2012
Additional information to be submitted with a notification for the contained use of a Class 3 GMM under the GMO (Contained Use) Regulations 2001 to 2010. This covers information required under Part A of the Fifth Schedule and further information for the assessment of the notification.
GMO Register Entry
Year: 2011
The GMO Register Entry G0451-01 provides significant details of the clinical trial.
Final Report
Year: 2011
This is the final report on the malaria vaccine trial. The report details an overview of the clinical trial and the methodology and results of the trial.