Results 41-60 of 396 for waste management speaker:Phil Hogan

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (4 Feb 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Government’s national waste policy, A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland, was published in July 2012. Among the measures included in the policy was the establishment of an inter-departmental working group to report to Government with options to minimise the impact of waste charges on low-income households. The working group, which comprises representatives of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (29 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The preparation and adoption of a waste management plan is the statutory responsibility of the local authority or authorities concerned. Under section 60(3) of the 1996 Act, I am precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to the performance by a local authority, in particular circumstances, of a statutory function vested in it.

Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management Issues (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...the EPA, the fire service and the Garda Síochána to initiate their own investigations into the fire, including the cause, as soon as possible once the fire is under control. The treatment and management of waste is subject to a registration and permitting system in the local authorities and they are licensed by the EPA. This particular facility is licensed by the EPA, so it...

Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management Issues (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...for raising this important matter. Last Saturday morning, at approximately 3 a.m., the Dublin fire service responded to an emergency call reporting a large fire at the Oxigen environmental waste facility in an industrial estate at Ballymount, Dublin. In co­ordination with An Garda Síochána, the Dublin fire service has been managing the incident since that time. The fire...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Protection Enforcement (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 485 and 546 together. Under section 60(3) of the Waste Management Act 1996, I am precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to the performance by the Environmental Protection Agency or a local authority, in particular circumstances, of a statutory function vested in it, including enforcement functions. Issues concerning the enforcement of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Consultancy Contracts Data (23 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...Development Committees. €3,257 SLR Environmental Consulting (Ireland) Ltd Report on Energy Transformation Project. €50,451 Tobin Consulting Engineers Operation of the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System (NLPMS). €55,142 TRL Limited Technical expertise to assist the Department in managing the European Commission's proposals for 2020 CO2 emission...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (22 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...of services. The local government efficiency review group has made €238 million in savings in the past two years, with an ambition of €350 million achieved over a three-year period. In the waste management area, Offaly County Council is the lead authority in permitting and in respect of payroll Laois County Council is the lead authority. There are various suggestions and...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...;72 million of carryover capital funding for use on the LEADER, rural development and housing programmes in 2014. In addition, there will be €240 million in Exchequer equity investment in the newly-established Irish Water to fund the water and waste water capital programme this year. Departmental programmes will also benefit in 2014 from resources available from both the local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Reports (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...Group Design of a Local Property Tax – Report of the Inter-Departmental Group. Published December 2012. Nil Barrow Archaeological Services Archaeological reports on Met Éireann site at Valentia. Completed. Not intended for publication. €1,210 Flynn Furney Consultants Ltd Environmental Management Services re: review of CEMP at Valentia Site (Method Statement)....

Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...a single utility, Irish Water. This has been made possible by the Government's decision to establish Irish Water within the Bord Gáis Energy group and to leverage the experience and skills of the management and staff in Bord Gáis Energy while retaining the knowledge and the expertise that exists within the local government sector. On 1 January 2014, Irish Water assumed...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Consultancy Contracts Data (16 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...entered into by Dublin City Council. €3,781 Egan, Fitzpatrick, Malsch & Lawrence Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) report of the risks from Sellafield to Ireland and Irish interests. €884,738 €1,395,077 €1,526,250 Ernst and Young Capital project spot checks and reviews. €219,702 Eunomia Research & Consulting International...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (16 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: My Department does not collect the information sought. However, some local authorities, as part of the implementation of their respective regional waste management plans, have implemented measures in this regard; queries concerning any such measures are a matter for the relevant local authorities in the first instance. The preparation and adoption of waste management plans, and the regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Litter Pollution (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: ...a litter offence may also be required by the court to pay the local authority's costs and expenses in investigating the offence and bringing the prosecution. Penalties for more serious dumping offences provided for under the Waste Management Acts are also substantial. Persons who are found to be responsible for, or involved in, the unauthorised disposal of waste are liable to a maximum...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: ...any power or control in relation to the performance by the EPA of its licensing and monitoring functions in specific cases. A small number of Irish extractive sites, subject to the EU Mining Waste Directive, are regulated by the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) licensing code, administered by the EPA as competent authority for the management of waste from extractive...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Programme Expenditure (10 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: ...;107.2 million in capital carryover funding from 2012 across Government Departments, €43 million in additional funding has been made available to my Department for investment in the Housing (€22m), Environment and Waste Management (€10m), Local Government (€2m) and Community and Rural Development (€9m) programmes. To end November, €35.5m of the...

Other Questions: International Agreements (5 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: ...should Irish citizens engage in activities coming within the remit of the treaty. Given current issues which I have prioritised in various policy areas within the remit of my Department, including waste management, climate change, water services, local government reform and housing, my Department is not in a position to undertake the administrative burdens arising from ratification of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (5 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I have not proposed the introduction of any “green charges”. At the Waste Summit on 28 November 2013, I launched a number of important policy developments for the waste area in line with commitments set out in Government’s national waste policy, A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland. I announced public consultation processes on two further...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (5 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning) Regulations 2009 make it an offence to dispose of waste by uncontrolled burning and various actions are prohibited by the regulations, including burning within the curtilage of a dwelling. Article 5 of the Regulations provides for the permissible disposal of waste by burning under certain conditions, including, inter alia, where...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (5 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: As set out in the Government’s policy on waste, A Resource Opportunity, an effective system of household waste collection is critical to the economy and the well-being of society. On 28 November, I published a consultation document on the regulation of household waste collection to guide the development of a new regulatory regime to strengthen and improve the regulation of household...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (4 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: ...now to the Council agenda for next week's meeting, discussions will take place on two legislative deliberations. First, the Council will consider a proposal for a regulation on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species. My colleague, the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Jimmy Deenihan, will also attend the Council to...