Case status: Pending.
Follow-up: -
Topics: Access to information; Public participation; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 1; 3 (1); 4 (8); 5 (3); 6 (6); 9 (4).
Articles considered by the Committee: -
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: -
Summary: The communication was submitted to the Compliance Committee on 30 April 2023 by Right to Know CLG. The communication alleged non-compliance by Ireland with articles 1, 3 (1), 4 (8), 5 (3), 6 (6), and 9 (4) of the Convention of the Convention with respect to charges for access to environmental information.
| Document | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
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Communication |
From the communicant |
30.04.2023 |
| Annex 5: Circular AIE/2/2017 Annex 6: Request for information on charges for supplying environmental information Annex 7: Compilation of responses Annex 8: Summary of responses Annex 9: Request for information on charges for supplying environmental information from planning files Annex 10: Compilation of responses Annex 11: Summary of responses Annex 12: Website of An Bord Pleanála giving information on access to environmental information Annex 13: An Bord Pleanála – Public Access Guide |
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Annex 14: AIE Request for electronic copy of EIA Scoping file Annex 15: AIE Request for electronic copy of Planning File Annex 16: Part 2 of Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 Annex 17: Letter to Minister for Environment, Communications and Climate, 29.03.2023 Annex 18: Letter to the Commissioner for Environmental Information, 29.03.2023 |
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| Statement on preliminary admissibility | From the communicant | 07.06.2023 |
| From the Party concerned | 09.06.2023 | |
| Email enclosing correspondence Annex 1: Email from Minister for the Environment, Communications and Climate, 29.03.2023 Annex 2:Email from Senior Investigator in the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information, 29.03.2023 |
From the communicant | 13.06.2023 |
| Email to parties on outcome of the Committee's determination on preliminary admissibility | From the secretariat | 30.06.2023 |
| Letters to the Party concerned and the communicant enclosing Committee's determinaton of preliminary admissability and forwarding the communication for the Party concerned's response | From the secretariat | 16.09.2023 |
| Response to communication Annex 1: Access to Information on the Environment Regulations Annex 2: Access to information on the environment requests breakdown Annex 3: Party concerned’s response to communication ACCC/C/2023/198 (Ireland) Annex 4: Committee’s findings on communication ACCC/C/2007/21 (European Union) |
From the Party concerned | 16.02.2024 |
| Update and comments to Party’s response Annex 1: Template acknowledgement letter Annex 2.1 and Annex 2.2: Copies of fees decisions Annex 3: Correspondence with Minister Ryan Annex 4: Draft EIA Regulations Annex 5: AIE request - legal costs and summary of responses Annex 6: Responses to request for details of costs |
From the communicant | 03.09.2024 |
| Update Annex 1: Decision of the Commissioner for Environmental Information on request dated 22.03.2023 Annex 2: Decision of the Commissioner for Environmental Information on request dated 29.03.2023 Annex 3: Decision of the Commissioner for Environmental Information on request dated 12.04.2023 |
From the communicant | 29.10.2024 |