Effective Judicial Protection and the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive in Ireland

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THIS WORK DRAWS on research that I undertook at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence as the basis for a doctoral disserta-tion. I am indebted to Professor Gráinne de Búrca and Professor Jacques Ziller who supervised my research at the EUI, and to Professor Ludwig Krämer and Professor Yvonne Scannell who offered expert advice in their role as external examiners. Particular thanks are due to Professor Gráinne de Búrca, who has been a constant source of advice and encouragement. Research grants funded by the Department of Education and Science, Dublin and the EUI supported my doctoral research.

Irish planning law is notoriously complex. In attempting to decipher the law, I was assisted greatly by two leading works in the field: Garrett Simons, Planning and Development Law, 2nd edn (Dublin, Thomson Round Hall, 2007) and Yvonne Scannell, Environmental and Land Use Law (Dublin, Thomson Round Hall, 2006).

I thank the following people for taking time to read draft material and for providing insightful comments: Liam Cashman; Barry Doherty BL; Tom Flynn BL; Charles George QC; Dr Jane Holder; Gregory Jones; Professor Maria Lee; Tony Lowes; Pat McCarthy; Professor David Gwynn Morgan; Joe Noonan; Lia O’Hegarty; Garrett Simons SC; Siobhán Stack BL and Declan Walsh.

Friends and colleagues at University College Cork (UCC) were a constant source of advice and support. Particular thanks are due to: Professor Brian Carroll; Dr Mary Donnelly; Professor Steve Hedley; Professor John Mee; and Brendan O’Sullivan.

Students in my planning and environmental law classes at UCC provided a stream of thought-provoking comments and challenging questions while this work was in progress. This book is all the richer as a result of their contributions over the years.

A special word of thanks is due to John Healy BL for generously giving his time to review a number of draft chapters and for providing invaluable advice on a range of issues relating to the manuscript. The Annual Conference of the Society of Legal Scholars, held at LSE in September 2008, provided an ideal forum in which to discuss conclusions with participants in the Environmental Law Section under the skilful stewardship of Professor Colin Reid. I am grateful for their input, which was invaluable when fine-tuning my closing proposals – particularly as regards the outlook for the future.

I thank Richard Hart and the team at Hart Publishing. It was a pleasure to work with them. Their professionalism, efficiency and enthusiasm are second to none. I am especially indebted to Richard Hart for his encouragement and his patience while I struggled to determine the most appropriate time to draw a line under this rapidly developing area of law and to submit the manuscript for once and for all.

In chapter four, the discussion of Case C-216/05 Commission v Ireland [2006] ECR I-10787 draws on ‘EIA and Public Participation: Determining the Limits of Member State Discretion’ (2007) 19 Journal of Environmental Law 247.

The book is based on material available to me as at 1 October 2008.

Áine Ryall
University College Cork
8 April 2009