Results 1-20 of 101 for waste management speaker:Ossian Smyth

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 Management (22 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The Waste Management Act states that a person may not:- Cause or facilitate the abandonment, dumping or unauthorised management or treatment of waste, or - Hold, transport, recover or dispose of waste, or treat waste, in a manner that causes or is likely to cause environmental pollution. The enforcement of waste legislation is a statutory function of local authorities.  Under section...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (21 Oct 2021)

Ossian Smyth: The Regional Waste Management Planning Offices (RWMPOs), on behalf of the local authority sector, are currently drafting one National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy which will replace the current three Regional Waste Management Plans. A pre-draft public consultation process took place earlier this year and I am informed that the RWMPOs expect to publish a draft plan in Q1...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (22 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, published in September 2020, which is being delivered on a phased basis over the 5 year lifetime of the Plan, includes measures to improve household food waste management. Measures include: - Making the provision of an organic waste bin mandatory as part of a waste collection service for all households; - Through changes to waste...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (7 Apr 2022)

Ossian Smyth: Local authorities are responsible for municipal waste collection and waste management planning within their functional areas. The obligations on local authorities in relation to collecting household waste are set out in section 33 of the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended. In summary, it provides that each local authority shall collect, or arrange...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (26 Apr 2022)

Ossian Smyth: In Ireland, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes form an essential part of efficient waste management and have been developed for a number of waste streams, based on the producer pays principle. The main areas are Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), batteries, packaging, end-of-life vehicles (ELVs), tyres and farm plastics. Operational...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Illegal Dumping (27 Apr 2023)

Ossian Smyth: Local authorities are responsible for municipal waste collection and waste management planning within their functional areas. The obligations on local authorities relating to collecting household waste are set out in section 33 of the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended. In summary, it provides that each local authority shall collect, or arrange for the collection of, household waste...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: I propose to take Questions Nos. 79 and 80 together. While waste management planning, including with regard to infrastructure provision such as civic amenity sites, is the responsibility of local authorities under Part II of the Waste Management Act, 1996 (as amended), the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, which was launched by Minister Ryan in September 2020, contains a commitment...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...of a provision of regulations made under section 39(4) prohibiting, other than in accordance with those regulations, the recovery or disposal in a specified manner of a specified class or classes of waste, including a class or classes of household waste, or”. Fixed payment notices are an administrative alternative to court proceedings and can assist with waste enforcement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (27 Jul 2021)

Ossian Smyth: Local authorities are responsible for municipal waste collection within their functional areas. The obligations on local authorities in relation to collecting household waste are set out in section 33 of the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended. In summary, it provides that each local authority shall collect, or arrange for the collection of, household...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (16 Sep 2021)

Ossian Smyth: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy,  launched by Minister Ryan in September 2020, recognizes the vital importance of improving how waste arising from the construction and demolition (C&D) sector is managed, given that it is the largest waste stream in the EU and represents a huge cost and loss of value to the construction sectorThe Waste Action Plan, which has a...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...subparagraph for subparagraph (ix): "(ix) appropriate qualitative or quantitative indicators and targets, including in respect of any or all of the following: (I) the quantity of generated waste and its treatment; (II) municipal waste that is disposed of or subject to energy recovery; (III) the use of products and materials that have been re-used, re-manufactured or repaired, or any...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (24 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: In Ireland, the management and treatment of waste is carried out in accordance with national and European legislation, and in line with policy frameworks such as the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, 2020. These policies and laws set out a hierarchy for the management and treatment of waste generated within the country.  The preferred treatment option for residual municipal...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (13 Dec 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...but exited the household market because, in most cases, they could not compete with the prices charged by private entrants. The obligations on local authorities in relation to collecting household waste are set out in the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended, and, in summary, provide that, "Each local authority shall collect, or arrange for the collection of, household waste within its...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 Dec 2021)

Ossian Smyth: The EPA’s National Waste Statistics Summary Report for 2019 highlights the scale of the challenges we face in waste reduction in Ireland, while also confirming some of the dramatic improvements in waste management over recent years such as the reduction in the use of landfill to deal with municipal waste down from 80% in 2001 to 15% in 2019. The report also indicates that Ireland met...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (7 Apr 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The National Waste Enforcement Steering Committee, which is chaired by my Department and includes representatives from a wide range of regulatory and law enforcement authorities, provides for a coordinated, strategic approach to all waste enforcement priorities, including illegal dumping. The Steering Committee oversees the work of the Waste Enforcement Regional Lead...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (10 Nov 2021)

Ossian Smyth: I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 64 together. The compliance scheme for tyres and waste tyres was introduced in 2017 and is operated by Repak ELT. Under the scheme, any tyres which have incurred the visible environmental charge (vEMC)  are collected free of charge by Repak Elt through registered waste collectors.   I understand Repak Elt has no records of tyres...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (23 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: The landfill levy was introduced under the Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2001 and came into effect on 1 June 2002. The purpose of the charge was to effect behaviour change regarding disposal of waste to landfill and this has been successful with just 3 landfills currently in operation in the State, a reduction from 31 in 2008. In addition, our landfill rate for municipal waste was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (14 Dec 2021)

Ossian Smyth: The Litter Pollution Act and the Waste Management Act provide the statutory framework to combat littering and illegal dumping respectively. Under the Acts, the primary responsibility for litter, waste management and enforcement activity lies with the Local Authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is a matter for each...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (23 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: Waste collectors operate under waste collection permits. Conditions attached to these permits require collectors to separately collect segregated waste and to deliver this waste to suitable treatment facilities. Permit conditions are enforced by local authorities.   Waste treatment facilities operate under a waste facility permit from a local authority or a waste licence from the...