Licence, Certificate, Permit

You must apply to the local authority for a certificate if you construct a new building, carry out alterations or change the use of a specified existing building. This confirms that a building complies with disability access requirements before it is occupied or used.

You must apply for licence to the local authority if you are a casual trader and you want to sell goods in a public place or designated trading area.

You must apply to the local authority for a permit to use temporary signage to advertise events.

You must notify the National TransFrontier Shipments Office in Dublin City Council if you want to import, export or transport hazardous waste.

You must apply to the local authority for a licence to use mobile equipment such as cranes, cherry pickers or hoists.

Industrial plants that release emissions into the atmosphere such as bitumen plants and small scale thermal plants must apply to the local authority for a licence.

You can apply to a local authority to get a licence to erect a headstone.

You must apply to the local authority for an exhumation licence to exhume the remains of a deceased person.

Local authorities authorise and maintain a register of treatment facilities that deal with end of life vehicles.

The National Waste Collection Office in Offaly County Council issues waste collection permits to approved collectors or transporters of waste.