SEA Statistics
This section provides a summary breakdown of all SEA related notifications received by the EPA. We update this information annually.
| SEA Stage |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
| Screening |
121 |
76 |
75 |
49 |
51 |
53 |
76 |
38 |
60 |
32 |
29 |
44 |
60 |
| Scoping |
59 |
42 |
50 |
46 |
42 |
56 |
20 |
24 |
23 |
33 |
26 |
51 |
78 |
| Environmental Report/Draft Plan |
27 |
45 |
46 |
34 |
36 |
48 |
26 |
23 |
20 |
29 |
36 |
31 |
61 |
| Proposed Amendments |
19 |
23 |
22 |
20 |
9 |
10 |
17 |
15 |
5 |
3 |
13 |
21 |
15 |
Sectoral Breakdown of SEAs undertaken (updated: 4th Jan 2024)
| Sector |
Number of SEA's |
| Agriculture |
10 |
| Forestry |
6 |
| Fisheries |
16 |
| Energy |
40 |
| Industry |
4 |
| Transport |
29 |
| Waste Management |
11 |
| Water Management |
75 |
| Telecommunications |
1 |
| Tourism |
35 |
| Planning/Land Use |
513 |
| Other Cases |
59 |
| Total (ongoing and complete) |
799 |
Type/Scale of SEAs Undertaken (updated: 4th Jan 2024)
| Plan Type |
Total Number of SEAs |
| Transboundary* |
54 |
| National |
76 |
| Regional |
97 |
| County |
171 |
| Industry |
4 |
| Local |
397 |
| Total |
799 |
(* = transboundary submissions include invitations from transbounday planning authorities to provide comments on SEAs being prepared, rather than formal consultation notifications.)