Planning and Development Act 2024

State authority urgent development order

157. (1) Where the Minister concerned is satisfied that the carrying out of a State authority development requiring appropriate assessment or environmental impact assessment is urgent in order to preserve, protect or improve the quality of the environment or protect human health, he or she may by order require that an application for permission for that State authority development (in this Part referred to as “State authority urgent development”) shall be made to the Commission under Chapter 4.

(2) In this section “Minister concerned” means—

(a) in relation to State authority development proposed to be carried out by, on behalf of, or jointly with, a Minister of the Government, that Minister of the Government, or

(b) in relation to any other proposed State authority development, the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.