European Union (Waste Water Discharge) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 214/2020).

For applications for authorisation by the Environmental Protection Agency of waste water discharges by Irish Water or local authorities (water services authorities), these Regulations transpose into Irish law the provisions of Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 amending Directive 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, and insofar as they had not previously been transposed into Irish law, the provisions of Directive 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.
These Regulations also amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30 of 2000) so as to ensure that an environmental impact assessment is carried out, where required under Directive 2014/52/EU, in relation to relevant decisions of the Environmental Protection Agency to grant a waste water discharge authorisation where a land-use consent is also required.