The SEA Alternatives project has incorporated systematic and extensive international and national consultation. Key stakeholders, practitioners and academics were consulted during the first phase of the preparation of the SEA Alternatives manual, to gain insight into current Irish practice and best international practice. The consultation process has also been used to initiate a national dialogue on what constitute reasonable, realistic and sustainable alternatives. It is anticipated that further consultation will be carried out at final draft stage to gather feedback and ensure that the proposed approaches are best suited to the Irish context.
This report presents a synthesis of the consultation process and its outcomes, highlighting the key issues affecting current practice and the principles for an effective and efficient consideration of alternatives as identified and proposed by consultees.

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=3046
Resource Keywords	Strategic Environmental Assessment, Alternatives, Spatial Data, Inventory, Information Sources
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	2013-SL-DS-1
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Not Applicable
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
Limitations on the use of this Resource	The reliability, quality and completeness of data gained through SAFER-Data is intended to be used in an education or research context. These data are not guaranteed for use in operational or decision-making settings. The EPA and SAFER-Data requests an acknowledgement (in publications, conference papers, etc) from those who use data/information received with SAFER-Data. This acknowledgement should state the original creators of the data/information. An automated citation is provided below. It is not ethical to publish data/information without proper attribution or co-authorship. The data/information are the intellectual property of the collecting investigator(s). The data/information may be freely downloaded and used by all who respect the restrictions and requirements in the previous paragraphs.
Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	5
Project Start Date	Tuesday 28th February 2012 (28-02-2012)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Tuesday 28th February 2012 (28-02-2012)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Wednesday 25th September 2013 (25-09-2013)
Published on SAFER	Thursday 6th February 2014 (06-02-2014)
Date of Last Edit	Monday 25th May 2015 at 15:53:39 (25-05-2015)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Monday 25th May 2015 at 15:43:01 (25-05-2015)

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