A list is prioritised by local authority for enforcement action, and a number of warning letters have been issued.

Matters considered include a broad spectrum of areas within each unauthorised quarry and include compliance with relevant Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Appropriate Assessment (AA) legislation on the protection of the environment and the local Natura 2000 sites

Council gets tough with illegal quarries

Section 261 quarries in Kildare

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Ballysax, Curragh

https://www.thejournal.ie/kildare-quarry-high-court-4484039-Feb2019/

Kilsaran Concrete quarry

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0611/1227608-kildare-quarry-approved-by-an-bord-pleanala/

South Dublin Co Co refer requests for S261 quarries to the EPA website

But this is not the S261 Register. This is the S19 Register which has been developed to meet the obligations of Regulation 19 of the Extractive Industries Regulations 2009. Each Local Authority is required to enter and maintain entries in this S19 register for all extractive industries within its functional area.

It is unclear is South Dublin CoCo have no S261 quarries outside the S19 list below

The following link gives the 2012 documents for the South Dublin quarry review http://www.sdublincoco.ie/Media/Item/23720