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Environmental & Planning: Legislative Programme Spring/Summer 2015

Bill Purpose as per Legislative Programme Current Status/Expected Publication Date  
Aarhus Convention Bill To consolidate and clarify the existing costs provisions in one piece of legislation, to provide a statutory basis for a number of other provisions of the Aarhus Convention and related EU Directives No indication as to when publication is expected
Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 To give effect to a waste policy commitment in the Programme for Government, to reinstate fixed payment notices for certain offences under the Solid Fuel Regulations and extend these notices to a range of other existing offences, to make certain amendments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acts in anticipation of the merger of the EPA with the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII), to extend the EPA licensing fees and introduce fees for the Producer Responsibility Initiative (PRI) compliance schemes and to amend provisions for access to justice on environmental matters Order for Second Stage in Dáil Éireann
Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill To streamline the development consent process for the foreshore including, inter alia, the integration of certain parts of the foreshore consent process (under the Foreshore Act 1933) with the existing on-land planning system During the Spring/Summer 2015 Session
Planning and Development (No.1) Bill To support actions in Construction 2020 During the Spring/Summer 2015 Session
Environmental Liability Bill To give effect to discretionary provisions of the Environmental Liability Directive No indication as to when publication is expected
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill To underpin national climate policy During the Spring/Summer 2015 Session
Planning and Development (No.2) Bill To provide for the implementation of planning recommendations in the report of the Mahon Tribunal During the Spring/Summer 2015 Session
Water Environment Bill To support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive No indication as to when publication is expected