Consultation To Date

The principal statutory and non-statutory stakeholders impacted by the water supply proposals are listed below. The list is not exhaustive as many individual groups such as Regional Authorities, Bord na Móna and Coillte are included under the overall River Basin District groups.

Statutory

  1. ESB
  2. Waterways Ireland
  3. Shannon Local Authorities (18 No)
  4. Dublin Region Local Authorities (7 No)
  5. Environmental Protection Agency / Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resources / Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
  6. Office of Public Works
  7. Shannon River Basin District / Eastern River Basin District - Management / Steering Group / Advisory Council / Project Team
  8. Shannon Regional Fisheries Board

Non-statutory

  1. Shannon Protection Agency
  2. Lough Derg Science Group
  3. Inland Waterways Association of Ireland
  4. Irish Farmers Association / Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Organisation etc.
  5. Environmental NGO's (An Taisce, SWAN, SOLR, SOLD, Birdwatch Ireland, etc.)

Consultation to date

The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Scoping Report Phase 2 was sent to the following Stakeholder groups:

  • An Taisce - The Natural Trust for Ireland
  • Ballinasloe Town Council
  • Birdwatch Ireland
  • SWAN (Sustainable Water Network)
  • Bord Iascaigh Mhara
  • Bord na Móna
  • Border Midlands and Western Regional Authority
  • Border Regional Authority
  • Boyle Town Council
  • Bray Town Council
  • Cavan County Council
  • Central Fisheries Board
  • Chamber of Commerce (Dublin)
  • Clare County Council
  • Coillte
  • Cork County Council
  • Dublin City Council
  • DKM
  • Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
  • Eastern Regional Fisheries board
  • Eastern River Basin District
  • Ennis Town Council
  • ESB
  • ESBI
  • Fáilte Ireland
  • Fingal County Council
  • Galway County Council
  • IBEC
  • Irish Farmers’ Association
  • Irish Federation of Pike Anglers
  • Kerry County Council
  • Kildare County Council
  • Laois County Council
  • Leitrim County Council
  • Limerick City Council
  • Limerick County Council
  • Longford County Council
  • Lough Derg Science Group
  • Marine Institute
  • Mayo County Council
  • Meath County Council
  • Mid-West Regional Authority
  • Mid-East Regional Authority
  • Midlands Regional Authority
  • Mid-Western Health Board
  • Nenagh Town Council
  • North Tipperary County Council
  • North-Western Health Board
  • North-Eastern Health Board
  • NPWS
  • NUI Maynooth
  • Offaly County Council
  • OPW
  • Roscommon County Council
  • South Dublin County Council
  • Shannon Protection Alliance
  • Shannon Regional Fisheries Board
  • Shannon Town Council
  • Sligo County Council
  • SOLD(Save our Lough Derg) & VOICE (Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment)
  • South Tipperary County Council
  • South-East Regional Authority
  • Southern Health Board
  • Shannon River Basin District
  • Teagasc
  • The Heritage Council
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • Western Health Board
  • Western Regional Authority
  • Westmeath County Council
  • Wicklow County Council
  • Inland Waterways Association

Presentations were given to the following Stakeholders:

  • Longford County Council
  • Westmeath County Council
  • Offaly County Council
  • Laois County Council
  • Roscommon County Council
  • Galway County Council
  • North Tipperary County Councils,
  • Dublin Region Local Authorities
  • The Shannon River Basin District (ShIRBD)
  • ESB
  • Waterways Ireland
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Department of Environment Heritage and Local Government- National Parks and Wildlife (NPWS)
  • Office of Public Works (OPW)
  • The Shannon Regional Fisheries Board (ShRFB)
  • Bord na Móna
  • The Shannon Protection Alliance

The current studies, in relation to the long-term water supply needs of the Dublin Region (Water Supply Area), have been underway since 2004. Over the intervening period, two phases of public consultation have taken place (2006 & 2008/09) under the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process, regarding potential new source options for meeting long-term supply needs. The (2008) draft Plan and Environmental Reports, involving 10 potential new water supply options, were tabled for public consultation under the SEA (Phase 2) process from November 2008 to Feb / March 2009. Consultations with stakeholders during this period were extensive and feedback from the process has now been incorporated, as appropriate, into the current recommendations. A Non Technical Summary of the recommendations (and a Power Point Presentation) is now being made available to stakeholders and the general public, via this dedicated project website, in order to provide an interim update on the current status of the project (July 2010).

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