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Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (25 Feb 2010)

John Gormley: I have made no secret of my concerns regarding the potential implications of the large scale Poolbeg waste facility for a progressive approach to waste management, based on evolving policy and legislation in the areas of resource management and environmental protection. In particular, I remain concerned that the Dublin local authorities may not be able to meet the volumetric contractual...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (6 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has engaged in extensive discussions with the construction industry in relation to construction and demolition (C&D) waste at a number of fora including the Construction Waste Resource Group and the cross-sectoral Waste Advisory Group. Arising from these discussions, the planning for, and management of, C&D waste has been identified as a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: The primary responsibility for the management of any waste, including costs for removal or disposal, lies with the holder of the waste, i.e. the natural or legal person in possession of the waste, or the producer of the waste. The Waste Management Act 1996 imposes a general duty of care on holders of waste. A person may not hold, transport, recover or dispose of waste in a manner that causes...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal Charges (5 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: Flat rate fees for household waste collection will be phased out over the period autumn 2017 to autumn 2018 as customers renew or enter new contracts. It is worth noting that the measure is not ‘new’ for the more than half of kerbside household waste customers who are already on an incentivised pricing plan, i.e. a plan which contains a per lift or weight based charge element....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (11 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 629 and 635 to 638, inclusive, together. In line with the objectives of the national waste policy, A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland, in terms of maximising the resource potential and minimising the disposal of our waste, the European Union (Household Food Waste and Bio-waste) Regulations 2015 are designed to promote the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (11 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: The European Union (Household Food Waste and Bio-waste) Regulations 2015, (S.I. 430 of 2015) are designed to promote the segregation and recovery of household food waste. Regulations 6 and 7 impose obligations on householders, which inter alia, require householders who avail of a household waste collection service, and are supplied with a food waste bin in line with the...

Waste Disposal (13 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...that in response to what the Deputy said at the outset about the role of elected representatives when a decision was made in Dublin. Dublin City Council withdrew from the provision of household waste collection services in January 2012 and sold that business to a private sector waste management firm. The council's withdrawal from the household waste collection market brings the council...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal (4 Apr 2017)

Denis Naughten: According to a recent EPA report, Ireland's Environment - An Assessment 2016, there were six operating landfills in the State in 2016. In accordance with legislation, waste management planning, including infrastructure provision, is the statutory responsibility of local authorities. Under section 60(3) of the Waste Management Act, I am precluded from exercising any power or control in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (12 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: The European Union (Household Food Waste and Bio-waste) Regulations 2015, (S.I. 430 of 2015) are designed to promote the segregation and recovery of household food waste. Regulations 6 and 7 impose obligations on householders, which inter alia, require householders who avail of a household waste collection service, and are supplied with a food waste bin in line with the...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (9 Jul 2009)

John Gormley: My Department has received correspondence, and is aware of media reporting regarding the imposition by Dublin City Council of a condition relating to the direction of waste in recently issued waste collection permits. While, as Minister, I am precluded under the Waste Management Act from involvement in specific decisions of local authorities where a statutory function has been conferred on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (19 Oct 2021)

Ossian Smyth: The National Trans Frontier Shipments Office (NTFSO) in Dublin City Council is responsible for the enforcement of the Waste Management (Shipments of Waste) Regulations 2007, including the maintenance of registers. Waste holders have a number of legal avenues open to them when disposing of their waste under the Waste Management Act 1996, including through the use of waste...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (18 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: I do not have a role in setting price levels for waste collection.The charges applied by waste management companies are matters for those companies and their customers, subject to compliance with all applicable environmental and other relevant legislation, including contract and consumer legislation. However, in line with the commitments set out in A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management...

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006) See 3 other results from this debate

Eamon Gilmore: ...of a titanic struggle at Cabinet and that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform was blocking the publication of the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill until he managed to get the Poolbeg incinerator excised from it. The Bill was published, I spent all day working on Committee Stage, and it provides for incinerators. The Minister for the Environment,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Investigations (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: ...Communications, Climate Action & Environment including issues pertaining to planning legislation which are matters for the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. In terms of waste management, the Waste Management Act 1996 and the Waste Management (Licensing) Regulations 2004 govern the process under which waste licences are applied for and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (1 May 2018)

Denis Naughten: Each local authority is responsible for the supervision and the enforcement of the relevant provisions of the Waste Management Act 1996 in relation to the holding, recovery and disposal of waste within its functional area. Local authorities have specific powers under the Act to require measures to be taken, or to take measures directly, to prevent or limit environmental pollution caused...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (25 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: The Programme for Government contains a range of commitments in respect of waste management policy including a commitment to undertake an international review of waste management plans, practices and procedures and to act on its conclusions. As I announced recently, I have already directed my Department to commission such a review, to commence as soon as possible and to conclude in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (17 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007, S.I. 821 of 2007 set out waste activities which may be authorised under a waste facility permit or certificate of registration as opposed to being authorised under a waste licence. Different thresholds (above which a licence is required) apply to different waste activities, depending on the nature of the waste activity...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Feb 2003) See 48 other results from this debate

If we are serious about dealing with waste management, we must make tough decisions at national level. I do not buy into the line that local councils are unwilling to make tough decisions. Everyone must recognise that waste management does not come cheaply. I find it pathetic to be lectured to by a minority of councillors on how green and pro-environment they are, yet when it comes to a waste...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal (26 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: In order to maximise the resource potential and minimise disposal of our waste, the European Union (Household Food Waste and Bio-waste) Regulations 2015 build on the Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009. These two sets of regulations place clear obligations on waste collectors, businesses and households to promote the segregation and recovery of food waste for purposes of producing...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management (22 Nov 2016)

Denis Naughten: The treatment and management of waste material is subject to a registration and permitting system by local authorities or licensing by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as appropriate, and governed by the Waste Management (Facility Permit & Registration) Regulations 2007 or the Waste Management (Licensing) Regulations 2004, as appropriate. Environmental standards in relation...