1643. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine the introduction of a statutory requirement that all planning applications for grid scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) be automatically subject to a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), regardless of site size, technology type, or threshold classification; if he will consider amending the Planning and Development Regulations to expressly include BESS developments within Schedule 5 as a distinct class of energy infrastructure requiring mandatory EIA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23756/26]

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1643. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine the introduction of a statutory requirement that all planning applications for grid scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) be automatically subject to a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), regardless of site size, technology type, or threshold classification; if he will consider amending the Planning and Development Regulations to expressly include BESS developments within Schedule 5 as a distinct class of energy infrastructure requiring mandatory EIA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23756/26]

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