Planning and Development Act 2024
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Environmental legal costs financial assistance mechanism | ||
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295. (1) On the coming into operation of this section there is established a scheme to be known as the environmental legal costs financial assistance mechanism, which shall be operated under and in accordance with this Chapter. | ||
(2) The purpose of the environmental legal costs financial assistance mechanism is to contribute (in accordance with this Chapter and any regulations made under section 299 ) to the legal costs incurred by applicants that do not succeed in obtaining relief in proceedings to which this Chapter applies, or that succeed in obtaining such relief only in part. | ||
(3) It shall be a function of the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to operate and administer the environmental legal costs financial assistance mechanism, without prejudice to the power of that Minister to authorise another person, by regulations under section 299 , to administer the environmental legal costs financial assistance mechanism for the time being on behalf of that Minister. | ||
(4) Moneys payable under the environmental legal costs financial assistance mechanism shall be paid by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas for the purposes of the environmental legal costs financial assistance mechanism. | ||
(5) The expenses incurred by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in the administration of this Chapter shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas. |