Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

1. All written and e-mail correspondence, documents, files, letters, notes and briefings between Geoscience Regulation Office (GSRO}, its evaluation team, the Minister for the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) and Earth Source Ltd, from 2017 to 1 June 2024, relating to the Prospecting Competition, Application and Licence M.A. 345/1, Prospecting Licence Areas (PLAs} 2429, 2430, 2830 and 3834, including the process of evaluation & the decisions made by the evaluation team, all minutes of any meetings, all material presented, any briefing material & documents. 2. All-application forms required by Earth Source Ltd for the application for Screening 1 & 2 which also include all EIA reports and EIA assessments within the PLAs, all maps including those showing all Zones of Influence/Exclusions and the necessary spatial dimensions of Influence/Extension zones for each Natura 2000 site, SACs, SPAs, NHA, pNHAs, and those sites outside the PLAs within 15km distance, protected geological sites, all recorded, unrecorded, and listed monuments and all domestic and community wells/springs 3. The Aarhus Screening Forms and the Aarhus Decisions 4. All work programs for the next 6 years, COPs and mitigation measures 5. Letter to Successful Tenderer (Earth Source Ltd), Letter of Acceptance by Earth Source Ltd, Letter of Agreement & Letter of Contract and Conditions 6. The name, address, responsibilities and starting date of Earh Source Ltd secretary and any other employees, their responsibilities and expertise 7. The name and address of the manager and/or supervisor in Ireland of the licenced M.A. 345/1 prospecting exploration work, their technical qualification and experiences, and those of the contracted personnel who will carry out the prospecting work, with start date of work commencement 8. Earth Source ltd Constitution 9. Certificate of Incorporation (Ireland) for Earth Source Ltd 10. Earth Source Ltd financial statement for 2022 and thereafter, the company's financial viability, commitment to expenditure requirements and agreement with standard licence terms, insurance against third party claims or environmental damage, with the Minister indemnified 11. Financial statements accounting for the next 6 years of prospecting expenditures; and name of institution to cover expenditures 12. List of competitors for Prospecting Licence Areas (PLAs) 2429, 2430, 28230, 2834 in 2022/23; the process of assessment of competitors and evaluation decision made by GSRO's evaluation team 13. All correspondence by GSRO to Wicklow, Kildare and Leixlip Garda stations, and Wicklow and Kildare county councils in 2023 and thereafter relating to the notification to the public regarding Earth Source ltd prospecting application M.A. 345/1, 2023