First Stage Defeated 33rd Dáil 86/2021

Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021

Climate & Environment Housing

Sponsor: Bríd Smith
Introduced: 16 Jun 2021
Last updated: 11 Sep 2024

Plain-English summary AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

Restricts planning permission for fossil fuel infrastructure and high energy data centres to align with climate targets.
Changes which projects bypass normal planning and go directly to An Bord Pleanála for decision.
Requires planners to consider Ireland's climate commitments when evaluating development applications.

Stage timeline

First Stage 33rd Dáil

16 Jun 2021