Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th September, 2020.

WHEREAS the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform -

(a) is satisfied that the carrying out of the development described in Part 1 of the Schedule proposed to be carried out by or on behalf of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland is required by reason of an emergency being the exceptional circumstances arising as a result of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from membership of the European Union and the expiry of the transition period provided in Article 126 of the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Agency Community¹ ,

(b) has considered whether an environmental impact assessment or an appropriate assessment, or both such assessments, of the development so proposed to be carried out, is or are required and is satisfied, having had regard to Parts X and XAB of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30 of 2000), that such assessment or assessments is or are required, and therefore is satisfied that an application to An Bord Pleanála for approval under section 181 (2A)(b) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 is required,

(c) has made an application to An Bord Pleanála for approval under section 181(2A)(b) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 ,

(d) has obtained a decision of An Bord Pleanála under section 181 (2L)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 dated 11 September 2020 (Case reference: PL29N.307352 and Board Order ABP-307352-20) approving the development described in the Part 1 of the Schedule, and

(e) has complied with section 181 (2)(aa) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 ,

NOW THEREFORE the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 181(2)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30 of 2000), hereby makes the following order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 181(2)(a)) (No. 3) Order 2020.

2. The Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30 of 2000) shall not apply, pursuant to subsections (2) to (2AA) of section 181 of that Act, to the development described in Part 1 of the Schedule proposed to be carried out by or on behalf of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland.

SCHEDULE

PART 1

Site: The sites on the north side of the Bond Drive Extension extending continuously from the boundary of the State Warehouse in the west to the waterline in the east that are, for ease of reference, shaded pink on the maps set out in Part 2.

Address: BOND DRIVE EXTENSION, DUBLIN PORT, DUBLIN 3

Description: The development is for the installation of 5 single storey porta-cabin structures totalling 375m² (75m² each) to provide an import office, a facilities management office and driver welfare facilities; resurfacing and amalgamation of 8 existing yards including the modification of existing drainage and lighting infrastructure; parking for 175 heavy goods vehicles, 62 cars and 48 bicycles; gates, signage and all ancillary site works; all within the existing boundary of lands of the Dublin Port Company, for the provision of facilities that are required by reason of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union in order to provide for the required infrastructure for customs, sanitary and phytosanitary and health checks and controls.

Site: Former Bord na Mona site on Yard 3 which is, for ease of reference, shaded green on the maps set out in Part 2.

Address: BOND DRIVE EXTENSION, DUBLIN PORT, DUBLIN 3, D03 F9C1

Description: The development is for the installation of 2 single storey porta-cabin structures totalling 150m² (75m²each) to provide an export office and sanitary facilities; parking for 30 heavy goods vehicles and 10 cars; gates, signage and all ancillary site works; all within the existing boundary of lands of the Dublin Port Company, for the provision of facilities that are required by reason of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union in order to provide for the required infrastructure for customs, sanitary and phytosanitary and health checks and controls.

Site: Former O’Toole Transport site on Yard 4 which is, for ease of reference, shaded blue on the maps set out in Part 2.

Address: PROMENADE ROAD, DUBLIN PORT, DUBLIN 3, D03 F9C1

Description: The development is for the extension (the floor area of which extension is approximately 1760m²) and refurbishment of an existing industrial building on Promenade Road to provide inspection facilities for customs, sanitary and phytosanitary and health checks and controls; parking for 3 cars and 28 bicycles; gates, signage and all ancillary site works; all within the existing boundary of lands of the Dublin Port Company, for the provision of facilities that are required by reason of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union in order to provide for the required infrastructure for customs, sanitary and phytosanitary and health checks and controls.

PART 2

Maps referred to in Part 1 with sites shaded respectively pink, green and blue

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,

24 September, 2020.

MICHAEL MCGRATH,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

1 OJ No. CI 384, 12.11.2019, p.1