Information on the Railway Order application process

The proposed railway works covered by the proposed Railway Order are subject to an environmental impact assessment procedure and compulsory acquisition of lands and rights pursuant to the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 (as amended and substituted) (the “Act”) and a Natura Impact Statement has also been submitted. 

An Bord Pleanála is the competent authority responsible for taking the decision whether or not to grant the order, from which relevant information can be obtained and to which comments or questions can be submitted.

Written Submission

An Bord Pleanála will consider any submissions by any persons - made in writing from the 29th March 2023 until the 16th May 2023 and accompanied by a fee of €50 - in relation to the draft Railway Order, or in relation to the likely effects on the environment and the likely significant effects in the area concerned with European Sites if any, of the proposed railway works. This fee is not payable by certain prescribed bodies or by persons whose lands may be acquired under the draft Railway Order.

Submissions must be lodged no later the 5.30pm on the 16th May 2023 and must be addressed to An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, D01V902 and marked “DART+ South West Electrified Railway Order 2023”. Submissions can also be made on the An Bord Pleanála website at the following address: https://www.pleanala.ie/en-ie/observations .

An Bord Pleanála may, at its absolute discretion, hold an oral hearing into the application for a Railway Order, under section 42 of the Act.

A copy of the draft Railway Order and the documentation accompanying the application may be inspected free of charge during normal office hours from the 29th March 2023 until the 16th May 2023 at:

• An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, D01 V902;
• Planning Department, Dublin City Council, Civic Office, Wood Quay, Dublin 8, D08 RF3F; 
• Planning Department, South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 A3XC; 
• Planning Department, Kildare County Council, Head Office, Devoy Road, Naas, County Kildare, W91 X77F; 
• Ballyfermort Library, Ballyfermot Road, Dublin 10, D10 WV02;
• Cabra Library, Navan Road, Dublin 7, D07 AYW1;
• Iarnród Eireann, Connolly Station, Amiens Street, Dublin 1, D01 V6V6; and 
• DART+ South West Project Office, CIÉ Inchicore Works, Inchicore Parade, Dublin 8, D08 K6Y3

Copies or extracts from the documentation accompanying the application for the Railway Order may be purchased on payment of a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making such copy or extract from:

• DART+ South West Project Office, CIÉ Inchicore Works, Inchicore Parade, Dublin 8, D08 K6Y3

The cost schedule and payment options for the purchase of documentation is provided here.