Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent)
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151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of submissions made by the HSA to An Bord Pleanála, half yearly from 2018 to date (by submission date), categorised by type of strategic infrastructure development (energy, transport, environmental and health), in tabular form. [43803/24]

Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent)
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152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a list of the submissions made by the HSA to An Bord Pleanála, for the previous two years, by case file number and date submitted, in tabular form. [43804/24]

Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 151 and 152 together.

The Health and Safety Authority, acting as the Central Competent Authority under the Chemicals Act (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances (COMAH)) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 209 of 2015), gives technical advice to a Planning Body in response to a notice sent under Article 215 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001-2021.

Under Regulation 24(2) of S.I. 209 of 2015, this technical advice is only provided for

• the development of a new COMAH establishment,
• modification to an existing COMAH establishment, or
• development within the vicinity of an existing COMAH establishment.