Skip to main content
Search for a licence or permit（https://www.epa.ie/our-services/licensing/licencesearch/）
Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) Licensing
An Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) licence is a single integrated licence that covers all emissions from a facility and its environmental management. Before a licence is granted, you must satisfy the Environmental Protection Agency that emissions from the activity will not cause a significant adverse environmental impact.
Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) licensing
What is an IPC licence?
An Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) licence is a single integrated licence which covers all emissions from a facility and its environmental management.
Before a licence is granted, you must satisfy the Environmental Protection Agency that emissions from the activity will not cause a significant adverse environmental impact.
The role of the EPA
The EPA issues licences that contain strict conditions on how an activity must operate so as to protect the environment from pollution that might otherwise arise. The EPA Act, 1992 specifically prohibits the EPA from granting a licence if emissions from the activity would cause pollution.
Who needs an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) licence?
The EPA grants and enforces Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) licences for specified industrial and agricultural activities. These are listed in the First Schedule to the EPA Act（https://www.epa.ie/publications/licensing--permitting/industrial/ipc/first-schedule-to-the-epa-act-1992-as-amended.php）.