Thursday, 19 July 2012

Environmental impact assessment and the demolition of national monuments

New regulations introduce an important change in the way environmental impact assessment is carried out in Ireland in order to comply with a ruling of the European Court. In future environmental impact assessment will be the responsibility of the competent authority that will come to a decision after receiving an environmental impact statement from the developer. The change means that from now on the demolition of national monuments like Lismullin, Co. Meath (pictured) will be the subject of an environmental impact assessment carried out by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Environmental impact assessment and the demolition of national monuments | The Charles Mount Blog

2 comments:

  1. The same initiative were suggested by several nabers assessor individuals. It said that it marked progress as they believe that it is a feasible sustainability pact.

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  2. Why would they even think of demolishing national monuments? This isn't the usual wall removal perth we're talking about here. It's taking apart a national treasure, which I don't think should ever be done, whatever the circumstances.

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