Latest Assessment Publications
My Local Environment Help
Year: 2022
My Local Environment is an interactive map with information about the environment in your area. You can use the map to learn about water quality, air quality, radon gas risks, noise levels and more where you live.
Good Practice Guidance Note on SEA in Water Sector
Year: 2022
This guidance note aims to provide good practice guidance and ideas on how to carry out strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of water sector plans in Ireland.
Note of land evidence forum meeting, 7 Sept 2022
Year: 2022
Land evidence forum meeting notes 7 September 2022
Note of land evidence forum meeting, 22 June 2022
Year: 2022
Land evidence forum meeting notes 22 June 2022
Note of land evidence forum meeting, 19 May 2022
Year: 2022
Land evidence forum meeting notes, 19 May 2022
Guidelines on the information to be contained in Environmental Impact Assessment Reports (EIAR)
Year: 2022
Guidelines on the information to be contained in Environmental Impact Assessment Reports (EIAR) are available for download below. The Guidelines are primarily intended to be an authoritative reference to those preparing Environmental Impact Assessment Reports (EIARs) for projects covered by the EIA Directive.
Ireland's Environment: Maps and Charts
Year: 2022
Ireland's Environment: Maps and Charts is a supplement to the EPA’s most recent State of the Environment report, Ireland's Environment: An Integrated Assessment 2020. It has been developed to visually present up-to-date data and assessment.
SEA Screening Good Practice 2021
Year: 2021
Good Practice Guidance for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Screening, which provides specific stand-alone guidance to assist plan/programme makers and SEA practitioners. The Guidance Note is focused primarily on plans/programmes in the non-land use sector in Ireland. It includes an elaboration of the steps needed for screening, the legislative landscape underpinning SEA screening, and step-by-step process and templates to assist in preparing the required documentation.
Call for Expert Evidence – Land Use - Submission Template
Year: 2021
Cover sheet template for inclusion with submissions on the Call for Expert Evidence - Land Use. This call will close on 24 January 2022.
Ireland's Environment: An Integrated Assessment 2020- Key Messages Booklet
Year: 2021
Ireland’s Environment: An Integrated Assessment 2020 outlines the state of Ireland’s environment at a strategic and national level. This summary booklet presents the following information from the report: key messages; chapter highlights; current assessment and outlook; actions for a cleaner greener environment.
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SEA Process Flow
Year: 2021
Good practice note on SEA for the Energy Sector
Year: 2021
This note provides good practice guidance on how to carry out strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of energy strategies/plans. It does not constitute statutory guidance and is intended to promote a good practice approach to the application of SEA in the energy sector.
SEA Action Plan 2021 - 2025
Year: 2021
Through the National SEA Forum the SEA statutory environmental authorities in Ireland have jointly developed an SEA Action Plan to implement the key priority recommendations of the second SEA Effectiveness Review. The implementation of this Action Plan will be dependent on a shared responsibility in delivering the key priority recommendations.
SEA Action Plan 2018-2020 - Progress Update 2021
Year: 2021
The EPA, in association with the other SEA environmental authorities, carried out a review of the progress made to date in the delivery of the various actions and recommendations in the 'SEA Effectiveness Review in Ireland Action Plan 2018–2020'. This Progress Update summarises the findings of this review.
