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Questions asked in the Dáil by Ciarán - Environment
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31 January 2007
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Finance
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Strategic Environmental
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Ciarán Cuffe
asked the Minister for Finance if a strategic environmental assessment
of the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013 was carried out in line
with EU Directive 2001/42/EC; if this was not carried out, the reason
for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. |
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Minister for Finance (Mr. Cowen):
It was not necessary to carry out a Strategic Environmental Assessment
of the National Development Plan 2007-2013. This is because the Plan is
primarily a strategic document and indicative financial Plan, is not
unduly prescriptive as regards projects over the period and does not
impact on the planning or environmental framework within which consent
is given for individual projects. It accordingly does not fall within
the framework of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive and it
was not therefore subject to a formal SEA. I would point out, however,
that Environmental Sustainability is a key horizontal objective of the
Plan and Chapter 6 of the Plan deals with this issue in some detail. |
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