Latest Assessment Publications
Ireland's Environment 2020 - Foreword 2020
Year: 2020
Second SEA Effectiveness Review Training Event Summary
Year: 2020
This document provides a summary of the second SEA Effectiveness Review training event, held in Portlaoise on the 3rd March 2020. It captures some of the knowledge of the participants and some of the learning outcomes from the event, to assist further shared learning.
Good practice guidance on Cumulative Effects Assessment in SEA
Year: 2020
Cumulative effects result from a combination of individual effects on a receptor. They can occur as a result of plans, programmes, projects and other actions in the past, present and the reasonably foreseeable future. They can result from impacts that may be individually insignificant, but collectively significant. Cumulative effects assessment (CEA) is the process of identifying, assessing and mitigating cumulative effects.
Second Review of SEA Effectiveness in Ireland
Year: 2020
The key findings and recommendations from the second review of SEA effectiveness in Ireland are presented in this report. Recommendations are included to address issues relating to guidance, training & awareness, data collection, provision & sharing and governance and legislation.
Integrating Climatic Factors into Strategic Environmental Assessment in Ireland - A Guidance Note
Year: 2019
This document is a good practice note on how to practically incorporate climatic factors into plans and programmes, which come under the scope of the SEA Directive. It provides updated climate-related information and supersedes an earlier version published in 2015. It also acknowledges recent plan and programme-related developments that have occurred since then.
Environmental Sensitivity Mapping (ESM) - User Manual
Year: 2019
The ESM Webtool is designed to facilitate multiple data interaction. Its purpose is to enable geographical exploration of environmental considerations onshore, and to combine relevant environmental datasets to produce environmental sensitivity maps in support of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).
Second Review of SEA Effectiveness in Ireland - Newsletter 4. June 2018
Year: 2019
The second review of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) effectiveness in Ireland, funded by the EPA, started on the 31st of March 2018. The project goal is to update the progress made in implementing SEA in Ireland and to guide future actions. This fourth and final Newsletter outlines some of the key research findings and outputs from the project.
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Good practice note on SEA for the Waste Sector
Year: 2019
This note provides guidance on how to carry out Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of waste management plans, including Regional Waste Management Plans. It does not constitute statutory guidance and is intended to promote a good practice approach to the application of SEA in the waste sector.
Good practice note on SEA for the Forestry Sector
Year: 2019
This note provides good practice guidance on how to carry out strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of forestry strategies/plans. It does not constitute statutory guidance and is intended to promote a good practice approach to the application of SEA in the forestry sector.
Second Review of SEA Effectiveness in Ireland - Newsletter 3. February 2019
Year: 2019
The second review of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) effectiveness in Ireland, funded by the EPA, started on the 31st of March 2018. The project goal is to update the progress made in implementing SEA in Ireland and to guide future actions. This is the third Newsletter relating to the project, published in February 2019.
Second Review of SEA Effectiveness in Ireland - Newsletter 2. October 2018
Year: 2018
The second review of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) effectiveness in Ireland, funded by the EPA, started on the 31st of March 2018. The project goal is to update the progress made in implementing SEA in Ireland and to guide future actions. This is the second Newsletter relating to the project, published in October 2018.
Second Review of SEA Effectiveness in Ireland - Newsletter 1. June 2018
Year: 2018
The second review of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) effectiveness in Ireland, funded by the EPA, started on the 31st of March 2018. The project goal is to update the progress made in implementing SEA in Ireland and to guide future actions. This is the first Newsletter relating to the project, published in June 2018.
SEA Effectiveness Review in Ireland - Action Plan 2018-2020
Year: 2018
In 2017, the EPA, in association with the other four environmental authorities, initiated 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 2012–2016. The updated and extended SEA Action Plan has been prepared with a view to progressing the implementation of those actions which are still outstanding or only partially delivered.
SEA Action Plan 2012-2016 - Progress Update 2018
Year: 2018
In 2017 the EPA, in association with the other four SEA environmental authorities, initiated 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 2012–2016'. This Progress Update summarises the findings of this review.
GISEA Manual - Improving the Evidence Base in SEA
Year: 2017
The aim of this manual is to provide a useful guide on how Geographic Information Systems can be used to enhance environmental assessments being carried out.