European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Planning and Development) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 543 of 2014).

These Regulations give further effect in Irish law to Article 3 of Directive No. 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, They amend Part 2 of Schedule 5 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to include all deep drilling within the scope of the Annex to the Directive. This Schedule sets out the developments/activities that may require environmental impact assessment in relation to consents under the Planning and Development Act 2000. The Regulations also amend section 172 of the Planning and Development Act 2000. That section concerns requirements for environmental impact assessments to be carried out by the planning authority.